We have provided and will provide information to Interpol and all relevant structures that Bachiashvili should not be arrested, - said Levan Makharashvili, the lawyer of the former Director General of the Co-Investment Fund, Giorgi Bachiashvili.
With this, he responded to the fact that the relevant department has already applied to Interpol to search for Giorgi Bachiashvili with a red circular.
"This is a standard procedure and in any case, when a person is arrested in absentia, they request a search, there is nothing new in this.
An Interpol search does not imply extradition, Interpol does not carry out extradition, Interpol is obliged to stop the wanted person if he approaches the border, whether he will be arrested or not is a separate procedure. We have also provided and will provide information to Interpol and all relevant structures that Bachiashvili should not be arrested," - noted Levan Makharashvili.
Giorgi Bachiashvili has been charged in 3 criminal cases and has been ordered to detention in absentia as a preventive measure in all three of them.
In particular, Giorgi Bachiashvili was initially charged with misappropriation of cryptocurrency belonging to Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the Georgian Dream. The charges relate to an act committed in 2017. In particular, according to the prosecutor's office, Bachiashvili transferred only 536,900 USD to the investor in exchange for the full profit received from the investment, and misappropriated the remaining 8,986 Bitcoins belonging to the investor, the value of which at the time of his misappropriation was up to 43 million USD.
He was granted bail of 2,500,000 GEL as a preventive measure, and additional restrictive measures were also imposed. However, in this case, Bachiashvili's bail has been replaced with detention.
The aforementioned action provides for imprisonment for a term of 9 to 12 years.
Giorgi Bachiashvili was also charged under Part 2 of Article 2201 of the Criminal Code of Georgia in the "Mtkvari HPP" case, which implies failure to perform or improper performance of official duties by a person with special authority, which led to serious consequences. The presented charge provides for imprisonment for a term of 2 to 5 years as a form and measure of punishment. In this case, too, the bail of 50,000 GEL imposed on him as a preventive measure has been replaced with imprisonment.
Bachiashvili has also been charged with illegally crossing the Georgian state border. He has been sentenced to detention as a preventive measure in this cas
