Court Finds Defendant Guilty of Fraudulently Obtaining a Large Sum of Money and Illegally Acquiring, Storing, and Using Private Information for Personal Gain

The Tbilisi City Court has fully accepted the evidence presented by the Prosecutor's Office and found the defendant guilty of fraudulently obtaining a large sum of money, as well as illegally acquiring, storing, and using private information for personal gain.

This information was released by the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia.

Evidence examined during the trial confirmed that the defendant, under the pretext of starting a joint business, fraudulently obtained 160,000 GEL belonging to the victim. Furthermore, the defendant illegally acquired and stored information pertaining to the victim's private life. Subsequently, when the victim demanded the return of the funds obtained through fraud, the defendant—threatening to disseminate this private information—attempted to coerce the victim into abandoning the demand. The accused was charged under Subparagraph "b" of Part 3 of Article 180 of the Criminal Code of Georgia (fraud committed in a large amount) and Subparagraph "a" of Part 3 of Article 157¹ of the Criminal Code of Georgia (illegal acquisition, storage, or use of a secret of personal life for the purpose of personal gain).

The court found the accused guilty of the charges and sentenced him to 6 years of imprisonment.