I became a victim of a specific official, Mamuka Mdinaradze's personal vendetta - If I had agreed to "blacken" Kakha Kaladze, Grigol Liluashvili, Vakhtang Gomelauri and Ucha Mamatsashvili in exchange for a certain payment, I would not have had any problems, - journalist Eliso Kiladze, detained on charges of fraud and "money laundering" in the so-called call centers case, stated at a court hearing.

As Kiladze noted, there are no neutral witnesses in this case and all witnesses are connected to Mamuka Mdinaradze.

“The anatomy of this case, the scheme is arranged in such a way that I became a victim of personal revenge by a specific official, Mamuka Mdinaradze. When Mamuka Mdinaradze came to the State Security Service, he immediately began to fabricate this case. There were a number of prerequisites for this. As for the influence on the witnesses, the identities of the witnesses were known to us from the very first day. There was no fact that any of our family members influenced any witness in any format.

[...] One person was an intermediary between Mdinaradze and me and offered me to blacken high-ranking officials of the Georgian Dream in exchange for a certain payment. I was waiting for this court to make this statement: Kakha Kaladze, Grigol Liluashvili, Vakhtang Gomelauri and Ucha Mamatsashvili, if I had agreed to “blacken” these people in exchange for some compensation, I would not have had any problems.

There is no neutral witness in this case. All witnesses are connected to Mamuka Mdinaradze. When Mdinaradze came to the State Security Service, he immediately began to fabricate this case. They made so many mistakes, they didn't even think that there would be a causal connection," said Eliso Kiladze.

For information, a total of 10 people are accused in the so-called call center case. Eliso Kiladze, Otar Partskhaladze, Giorgi Mikadze, Davit Mikadze, Irakli Sekhniashvili, Mikheil Chokheli, Givi Jibladze, Ben Anor, Tornike Janelidze and Giorgi Kamladze are charged under Articles 180 and 194 of the Criminal Code, which refers to fraud and legalization of illegal income (money laundering) by an organized group. The aforementioned act is punishable by 9 to 12 years of imprisonment.