The court hearing for Kaha Kotorashvili, detained on charges of laundering $625 million and €35 million, will take place today.
The session will be held at the Tbilisi City Court at 5:30 PM, where the issue of imposing a preventive measure on Kotorashvili will be discussed.
The prosecution is requesting the strictest preventive measure, imprisonment, for him. The position of the defense is unknown.
According to available information, the accused is the 49-year-old owner of the company "Fini." This company is located in Tbilisi at 32 Tamar Mepe Street and operates as a currency exchange point.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, one person has been detained in connection with the legalization of illicit income amounting to $624 million and €35 million. According to their information, between 2022 and 2024, under the guise of a currency exchange point, a specific group laundered cash foreign currency smuggled past customs into banks.