26 April 2004, 16:07

Shevardnadze's son-in-law released from custody for $15.5 million

Gia Dzhokhtaberidze, ex-president of Georgia Eduard Shevarnadze's son-in-law, has been released from custody today. The decision to release him was made after Mr Dzhokhtaberidze's wife, Manana Shevardnadze, had transferred $15.5 million to Georgia's state budget, announced Georgian Prosecutor General Irakly Okruashvili. The case against Dzhokhtaberidze will be closed, he said.

The head of the Georgian mobile company Magticom, Gia Dzhokhtaberidze, was detained in Tbilisi on February 20. He was charged with the tax evasion estimated at of $700 thousand.

Editors note: See also the article "Eduard Shevardnadze's arrested son-in-law shares cell with people accused of grave crimes".

Source: ITAR-TASS News Agency

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