Five more arrested in transnational call-centre case involving Germany

Georgia law enforcers and the employees of the country’s Prosecutor’s Office have arrested five more individuals for fraud and legalizing of illegal incomes in the transnational call-centre case. 

Seven other individuals in the case, one foreign citizen among them, were arrested in October 2021.

The members of the organized group had a so-called call centre. 

The target of the criminal group was citizens living in different European countries. 

They contacted citizens of Germany and other foreign countries with fictitious names, provided false information about their company location and offered to trade in stocks, commodities, currencies and cryptocurrencies. 

The group members assured the consumers that with their help they would be able to make a solid profit in the case of e-commerce in the event of price increases and reductions. 

“After obtaining the consent of the user, the funds allocated for e-commerce were placed in bank accounts under the control of the criminal group,” said the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office. 

The crime is punishable up to 12 years in prison.