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Federal authorities have secured a major legal victory against a transnational criminal network after a Georgian citizen living in Miami was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for laundering more than $1.1 million connected to a massive healthcare fraud operation. The case centered on the use of a fraudulent medical equipment company that functioned as a front for moving illicit proceeds generated through false Medicare and insurance claims. Investigators said the s

Former Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili has been sentenced to five years in prison following a plea agreement announced by the Prosecutor General’s Office on January 12 in connection with a serious money laundering case. In addition to the prison term, Garibashvili was fined GEL 1 million, or approximately USD 270,000, and authorities will confiscate cash seized from his residence that they say was obtained illegally. Without the plea deal, Garibashvili had been fa