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White-collar & financial crime

White-Collar & Financial Crime

A director, accountant or employee receives a summons while investigators seek company records, devices or explanations about transactions.

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Financial-crime defence begins with the transaction, decision-makers and source records, then separates tax, regulatory, civil and criminal questions before interviews or asset action.

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Reconstruct the business decision before accepting the allegation

Company and financial investigations require an actor-by-actor map of authority, knowledge, transactions and records, with corporate exposure separated from each individual position.

Fraud, tax, laundering, customs and company-liability cases often compress years of commercial activity into a short accusation. Native accounting data, contracts, approvals, bank records, communications and role boundaries should be preserved as one controlled evidence set.

Control transaction, authority, knowledge and value

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Separate company, director, employee and shareholder interests

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Map transactions and documents before drawing legal conclusions

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Distinguish commercial, tax and regulatory issues from alleged crime

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Coordinate defence with accounting and operational advisers

Georgian Criminal Code — explained

Financial allegations organised by transaction and proof

Article 180

Fraud

The investigation must distinguish alleged deceptive appropriation from contractual non-performance, commercial risk or a later inability to pay.

Read full guide →Article 182

Misappropriation or embezzlement

Usually requires proof that property or rights were lawfully entrusted or controlled before the alleged appropriation.

Read full guide →Article 194

Legalisation of illegal income (money laundering)

The prosecution must connect property to alleged criminal origin and prove the accused person's conduct and required knowledge or purpose.

Read full guide →Article 186

Property knowingly obtained by criminal means

Knowledge of the property's alleged criminal origin and the accused person's actual transaction or control are central.

Read full guide →Article 218

Tax evasion

The tax assessment does not by itself prove criminal liability; amount, duty, reporting, control, intent and current thresholds require separate analysis.

Read full guide →Article 214

Breach of rules for moving goods across the customs border

The declaration, goods, route, value, knowledge and criminal threshold must be distinguished from an administrative customs breach.

Read full guide →Article 192

Illegal entrepreneurial activities

Requires separation of licensing or registration non-compliance from the criminal elements and thresholds in the current provision.

Read full guide →Article 211

Misuse of cheques or credit cards

May apply to specified unlawful conduct involving payment instruments; authentication, authorisation and transaction records are central.

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Choose the transaction, asset or company issue

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Fraud

Fraud allegations in Georgia: identify deceit, property result, causation, intent, benefit and reliance; distinguish contractual non-performance.

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Misappropriation and Embezzlement

Misappropriation and embezzlement: establish the property entrusted or controlled, authority limits, alleged appropriation, benefit, accounting and knowledge.

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Money Laundering

Money laundering investigations: trace property to alleged criminal origin, beneficial ownership, transaction purpose, knowledge, flow of funds and restraint.

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Tax Evasion

Tax-evasion allegations: reconcile assessment, amount, returns, duty, control, intent, Article 218 thresholds and the separate tax-dispute and criminal tracks.

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