The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia stated that the companies AIFOR LLC, Arvix LLC, and Rapira Group LLC, which were sanctioned by the UK, were already under investigation in Georgia.
According to the agency, these companies did not actually operate in Georgia, although they were registered there.
The investigation established that AIFORI and ARVIX were registered to nominees for money, but in reality conducted their activities in Moscow. They had neither offices nor assets in Georgia.
In this case, on April 28, 2026, the court fined three defendants 30,000 lari and handed them suspended sentences. At the same time, the organizer of this scheme, David Jincharadze, was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison.
As for Rapira Group LLC, the investigation claims that the company was registered in Georgia formally—by proxy—by a British citizen. Through the website rapira.net, it served only Russian citizens, and the website’s domain was registered with a Russian registrar.
The Ministry of Finance stated that the company had no real activity in Georgia—no financial transactions were recorded on its accounts, and it had no offices or assets in the country.
The agency added that it continues, together with international partners, to investigate financial and cybercrimes, as well as attempts to circumvent international sanctions.
