Transnational cybercrime | Call centers in Tbilisi

The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, in cooperation with the law enforcement officers of the Federal Republic of Germany, opened another transnational crime in the case of call centers.

"The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, in cooperation with the law enforcement officers of the Federal Republic of Germany, within the framework of the investigative team, which also includes the State Security Service of Georgia and the Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance, has opened another transnational crime. The fact of fraud and legalization of illegal income, organized by an especially large amount, has been arrested and charged with calling 4 persons involved in the activities of the centers, as well as two natural persons and one legal person were charged in absentia.

In this way, the members of the organized crime group fraudulently took possession of approximately 3,170,000 euros belonging to the citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

In the framework of the current investigation, it is also determined that under the leadership of one of the detainees, St. As of today, a large fraudulent call center was operating in Tbilisi, in which hundreds of computers and mobile phones, black records and other information related to crime were seized as a result of investigative actions conducted on September 5 of this year. Other persons involved in the activities of the fraudulent call center have also been identified.

As a result of the search of residential apartments belonging to the defendants, a total of more than 800,000 US dollars in cash, valuables and vehicles were seized. Based on the court ruling, assets worth several million GEL belonging to the defendants and their related persons were seized - bank accounts of the defendants and real and movable property owned by them, thus preventing their further disposal and concealment. In order to ensure the confiscation of assets of criminal origin in favor of the state, the Prosecutor's Office will carry out appropriate legal procedures. The prosecutor's office applies to the court with the request to extend the prison term as a preventive measure against the defendants within the time limit set by the law. The presented charge envisages imprisonment from 9 to 12 years. Here we remind the public that in 2021-2024, the Prosecutor's Office conducted several large-scale measures against the so-called fraudulent call centers in the territory of Georgia.

full source from: BM.GE