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British Forensic Bureau report says the audios related to Omega Group controversy are authentic – Levan Aghdgomelashvili

According to the report received from the British Digital Forensic Company - Cyfor, the two audio recordings related to the case of Omega Group are authentic – Director General of Omega Group, Levan Aghdgomelashvili has announced at the briefing held at the closed tobacco factory, OGT.

According to the speaker, one of the recordings contain the conversations of Zaza Okuashvili, the founder of Omega Group with two other businessmen – Irakli Chubinishvli and Vano Chkhartishvili, and the other tape is the recording of the dialogue between Okuashvili and former ministers of sports Levan Kipiani.

“We would like to announce that we have received the report of the examination of two audio recordings from the British Company of Digital Forensics and Cyber Security, CYFOR. One of the recordings contains the dialogue among Zaza Okuashvili, Irakli Chubinishvili and Vano Chkhartishvili and the other audio recording is the dialogue between Levan Kipiani and Omega managers.

On the first audio tape, the speakers discuss the creation of a joint enterprise, where one of the stakeholders would the Fund, which Chubinishvili defined as the Party. According to the report of the examination conducted on the first audio tape, it was established that:

The audio file consists of different sections taken from one longer audio file, which was recorded continuously. Therefore, the assertions of Vano Chkhartishvili and his lawyer as if the audio recordings aired on TV were edited and butt spliced from six different meetings, is untrue”, Aghdgomelashvili told reporters, adding the report has also outlined the continuously recorded sections.

“We should like to report several decisive fragments pronounced by the relevant speakers at the meeting:

“Irakli Chubinishvili: The vertical of our relations is limited to Ucha, as I guess. This Kumsishvili seems to have a direct instruction; he says it is not my responsibility and I will not do the dumping.

Zaza Okuashvili: But he was doing it so far?!”

Irakli Chubinishvili: Well, let’s get back to the distribution company – they say “no” and this must be done as one joint company, but the empty company has no sense and we don’t want it, they say. We don’t have the problem of giving a name to the company and appoint a director, name it Omega; they say we can divide directors and supervisory board between us, you decide which one is better in those two.

Zaza Okuashvili: Ucha is the guy, who is Bidzina in fact.

Irakli Chubinishvili: yes, he is and he says he will take care of it and we should not worry, but he says “we just don’t want an empty company, we want the company, which will have its price, so let’s make a real company which will operate. We are not interested in its name”.

Zaza Okuashvili: What fund is this fund?

Irakli Chubinishvili: I call it the fund.

Zaza Okuahsvili: I see, because I thought the fund was an investment.

Irakli Chubinishvili: I call it the fund, what do you think I should call it, the party? I don’ want utter “the party” when talking or just to make somebody hear that we are giving money to the party; I think they are calling it the party themselves.

Zaza Okuashvili: Do they call it “the party “themselves?

Irakli Chubinishvii: I think so. I call it the fund, what else shall I call it?

Vano Chkhartishvili: I was talking to the chief without him actually, without that friend of ours –without Otar. I told them he did not contact us and I think the chief was upset for this and I think it has been now settled and the situation will be warmed a bit soon again. One thing that has happened is that these misunderstandings have accelerate that the financial police has gone out of their control and now it is in hands of Kumsishvili.”

Also, there is no splits in the following phrases:

Vano Chkhartishvili: there is no other way out, to cut it short. I have daily contact with the chief…

Vano Chkhartishvili: that one, the senior friend of us is also very motivated on that and tells me to do all the documents that are necessary…

Vano Chkhartishvili: let’s finish this. We are launching the work at once, Irakli, otherwise this will be delayed in time; so the people we are communicating with are interested only in the result, right?!

Irakli Chubinishvili: Sure, we will think about some name, it was said three director, was not it? The main director will be – Omega, the financial director – I call it the fund; so the fund and for instance, the commercial ….”, - Aghdgomelashvili cited the fragments from the conversation recorded on the scandalous tape.

As for the second file, the Omega Group’s general manager said it contained the dialogue among Levan Kipiani and Omega managers, where Levan Kipiani demands his share of interest from the 30 million of the debt to be restructured and also, vehicles for that time finance minister and vice prime minister Dimitri Kumsishvili.

According to Aghdgomelashvili, the examination report says that the audio recording contains three sections taken from one continuously recorded audio file.

“The examination has identified those three sections of the audio file, which are consistent. These sections are:

Levan Kipiani: Here, bro, register four vehicles on my name and then the portion that’s written off the previous arrear and the restructuring of those 30 million, give me the interest of those 30 million.

Levan Kipiani: three vehicles there, shall be registered on my name so that I don’t dump the finance ministry, one minister, the other minister as well. There is one thing, something…

Omega manager: one minister, you mean Kumsishvili, don’t you?

Levan Kipiani: the other… I mean the previous minister too.

Omega Manager: Khaduri, right?

Levan Kipiai: yes. One Cooper, X4 and X5.

Omega Manger: This is for Kumsishvili, right?

Levan Kipiani: yes, these three vehicles shall be transferred to us, to somebody I will bring and don’t make me whine on this, so and now… do it tomorrow, the day after tomorrow.

Levan Kipiani: but I am not alone here, there are obligations and we can’t evade those obligations.

Omega Manager: where, for that new one?

Levan Kipiani: Yes.

Omega Manager: what kind of obligations do you mean?

Levan Kipiani: Financial ones.

Omega Manager: what does it mean?

Levan Kipiani: it means we should give away the finances.

Omega Manager: for budget or what?

Levan Kipiani: no, no.

Omega Manager: oh yeas, you mean generally.

Levan Kipiani: Yes, besides the vehicles!

Omega Manger: Oh, I see, besides the vehicles.

Levan Kipiani: Yes.

Omega Manager: I am not aware.

Levan Kipiani: It must be given away by me. I must give what I take.

Omena Manager: ok.” – Aghdgomelashvili quoted fragments of the speech from the tape.

He also said the examination of the metadata of the file has established that the conversation between Levan Kipiani and Omega managers took place on April 26, 2017.

“Based on the reports said above, the report by the forensics has confirmed the authenticity of the recordings:

The conversation among Vano Chkhartishvili, Irakli Chubinishvili and Zaza Okuashvili, during which Irakli Chubinishvili explains to Zaza Okuashvili the scheme of making a merger of companies, defines the role of Ucha Mamatsashvili in this case and also explains that the fund or the party would hold 50% in this joint company, also, it will appoint financial director, the tape, where Vano Chkhartshvili specifies that their “senior friend” is interested in timely implementation of that scheme, took place on the same day and the audio tape aired on TVs consists of six different sections of one, continuous recording. Therefore, the statement made by Vano Chkhartishvili and his attorney that the audio aired on televisions was composed of the conversations from 6-7- different meetings and it was edited, arguing the speakers, Chkhartishvili and Chubinishvili meant fund of re-equipment and not the party, is untrue.

The audio file containing conversation between Levan Kipiani and Omega Managers, which was also aired on Rustavi2 and Iberia TV, consists of three parts taken from one continuously recorded audio file with no interruption in its context”, - Levan Aghdgomelashvili said.