A Tbilisi City Court has ordered pre-trial detention for former deputy head of Georgia’s State Security Service, Levan Akhobadze, in a case involving alleged large-scale bribery.
Akhobadze was detained by the Anti-Corruption Agency of the State Security Service, Caliber.Az reports, citing Georgian media.
According to investigators, the former official, through intermediaries, promised a businessman assistance in recovering funds and initially demanded 500,000 lari ($187,9 thousand) for the service, though the parties later agreed on a reduced amount of 250,000 lari ($93,9 thousand).
He has been charged under a provision of Georgia’s Criminal Code covering receipt of a particularly large bribe using official position, which carries a prison sentence of 11 to 15 years.
By Bakhtiyar Abbasov
Source: caliber.az
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