Pyramid schemes and investment fraud in Georgia
Pyramid schemes and fake investment platforms always work the same way: promised high returns are paid with new participants' money until the scheme collapses. We help victims get their money back and defend people accused of taking part.
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These schemes are usually charged as fraud (Article 180), and the money flows can also amount to money laundering (Article 194). Since 2025, a person convicted of large-scale fraud is ordered to pay the victim compensation and cannot leave Georgia until they pay.
Participants face risk too: anyone who recruited others or collected money can end up accused. The key question is whether they knew the scheme was a deception.
Signs that a scheme is a pyramid
- Guaranteed or unusually high returns
- Bonuses for bringing in new participants
- No licence, office or transparent reporting
- Withdrawals get difficult or a 'fee' is demanded
- Pressure — 'time is running out', 'limited places'
If you lost money
- Don't send more money — including a 'fee' to withdraw your funds.
- Keep everything: contracts, messages, the website address, transfer receipts.
- Contact your bank about the transfer.
- With a lawyer, file a report and request a freeze on the suspects' property.
Our services
- Representing victims and recovering money
- Tracing and freezing property
- Compensation in the verdict and civil claims
- Defence for those accused of organising or taking part
- Crypto and forex platform cases
- Group cases — several victims
Questions & answers
I lost money in a pyramid scheme — can I get it back?
The earlier you act, the better the chances: a report, a freeze on property and the compensation mechanism. In large-scale fraud the convicted person is ordered to pay compensation.
I brought friends into the scheme — am I liable?
If you didn't know the scheme was a deception, that is the core of your defence. Talk to a lawyer before giving a statement to investigators.
The platform is abroad — what can be done?
A case can be opened in Georgia if the victim or the recipient of the money is here; international cooperation is used where needed. Contacting your bank quickly matters too.
Legal basis
Official texts (in Georgian) — Legislative Herald of Georgia, matsne.gov.ge.
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