One arrested over alleged large-scale fraud involving ₾83,000

Officers from the Fraud Prevention Division of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia’s Tbilisi Police Department have arrested one person on charges of large-scale fraud.

The Ministry said the investigation established that the suspect allegedly obtained ₾83,000 ($30,974) from a victim in stages under the pretext of securing a construction permit for a land plot and building a residential house.

Investigators said the accused failed to fulfil the agreement and unlawfully appropriated the money.

Law enforcement officers detained the suspect as a defendant on the basis of a court order following operational and investigative measures.

The crime is punishable by up to nine years in prison.