The Prosecutor's Office has detained a person related to Grigol Liluashvili, Koba Khundadze, - Jarji Tsiklauri, Deputy Head of the Investigation Department, said at the briefing held at the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to the investigation, during a search of the residential house of a person related to Grigol Liluashvili, Koba Khundadze, 94 envelopes of various amounts of money were seized, totaling 1,319,300 USD, while during the investigative actions conducted in the bank safes of a person related to Otar Partskhaladze, Mikheil Chokheli and his family members, 2,904,900 USD were seized.

“As is known to the public, a few days ago, within the framework of a joint operation by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia and the State Security Service, searches were carried out at the apartments and houses of the former Prime Minister of Georgia - Irakli Gharibashvili, the former Head of the State Security Service - Grigol Liluashvili, the former Chief Prosecutor - Otar Partskhaladze and persons related to them, during which various electronic devices, documentation and a large amount of money were seized.

In recent days, 11 additional searches were carried out within the framework of the same criminal case. At that time, during the search of the residential house of Koba Khundadze, a person related to the former Head of the State Security Service - Grigol Liluashvili, 94 envelopes of various amounts of money were seized, totaling 1,319,300 USD. As part of the investigative actions conducted in the bank safes of a person related to the former Chief Prosecutor - Otar Partskhaladze, one of the figures in the case - Mikheil Chokheli, and his family member, 2,904,900 USD were seized.

In the mentioned case, on the fact of legalization of illegal income in a particularly large amount, a person related to Grigol Liluashvili in this criminal case - Koba Khundadze has been detained.

The investigation established that the accused, in order to legalize a particularly large amount of unsubstantiated assets, developed a several-stage criminal scheme, within the framework of which, with funds of unsubstantiated origin, he purchased land plots in Tbilisi and invested the property in the authorized capital of a private company and partnerships established with his participation. Through the above-mentioned actions, the unsubstantiated property was involved in legal economic activity and, through multiple transactions related to real estate, he concealed and disguised the true nature, source of origin and ownership rights of the unsubstantiated assets.

As a result, 30 units of real estate allegedly obtained within the framework of legal activities were registered as the property of the accused and his enterprise, and 51 units of real estate were included in the authorized capital of the construction company founded by the accused. In addition, as we have already mentioned, a large amount of cash of 1,319,300 USD was seized as a result of a search of his apartment.

Through the above actions, in 2017-2025, the accused Koba Khundadze legalized an especially large amount of unsubstantiated income.

The detainee was charged with the fact of legalization of an especially large amount of illegal income, which provides for a sentence of 9 to 12 years of imprisonment.

The Prosecutor's Office will apply to the court within the time limit established by law with a request to apply pre-trial detention.

The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia and the State Security Service are intensively continuing the investigation in order to obtain evidence important to the case, as well as to identify other persons involved in the crime and conduct appropriate legal procedures," he stated.