Former head of Georgia's State Security Service sentenced to 13 years in prison
Grigol Liluašvili, the former head of the Georgian State Security Service, was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
“Grigol Liluašvili, the former head of Georgia’s State Security Service, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. He was found guilty on four counts of accepting bribes,” the statement said.
Liluašvili was found guilty of several counts of accepting bribes:
This includes receiving $1 million from Turkish investor Chagatay Ulker in October 2022 through Romeo Mikautadze, then first deputy minister of economy and sustainable development, in exchange for lobbying for the construction of wind power plants;
It also involves receiving 1.5 million lari in February 2022 from Giorgi Khazhaliya, founder of the company “Express-Service 2008,” in exchange for assistance in tenders related to gasification — also through the mediation of Romeo Mikautadze;
In addition, the report mentions providing protection for fraudulent “call centers” in 2021–2023, from which $1,365,000 was obtained with the help of a relative, Sandro Liluašvili. It also involves “protection” in exchange for bribes paid to Kahi Gvantseladze, the former director of the Tbilisi City Hall’s Agency for the Management of Nurseries and Kindergartens, who received substantial “kickbacks” from procurement contracts for kindergartens.
Grigol Liluaishvili, who served as head of the Security Service of Georgia (SSG) for over five years, was detained on December 23, 2025. If the verdict had not been handed down by September 23, the maximum nine-month term of his pretrial detention would have expired, and the court would have been required to change his pretrial detention measure.
This was reported by SOVA.
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