Arrests at the Tbilisi City Hall

The Finance Ministry’s Investigation Service has arrested several senior members of the Mayor’s Office. According to the statement, “on the charges of misappropriation and embezzlement of funds belonging to the Tbilisi City Hall, the Investigation Service has arrested the Deputy Mayor Davit Alavidze, the head of the Tbilisi Development Fund Davit Avaliani, the head of the Tbilisi Procurement Service Aleksi Tabuashvili, and the Deputy Governor of the Mtatsminda-Krtsanisi District Dimitri Chkheidze.” The investigative body says that the detainees, together with others, have misappropriated and embezzled sums of up to 49 million GEL. The investigators are also bringing up charges against the former head of the Tbilisi Development Fund Giorgi Sabanadze, who is currently not in Georgia.