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The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry charged five individuals with manufacturing and using forged tax documents, resulting in a “large amount” of property damage. The offenders established two fictitious companies to produce eight forged documents that alleged performance of works. They created and used $38,676 in VAT assets through the false documentation. The Service said that the state was being compensated appropriately for the damages caused and the crime was punishable by four to seven years in prison.