| There are reasonable grounds to suspect that Mikheil Chinchaladze (“CHINCHALADZE”) is an involved person within the meaning of the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 on the basis of the following grounds:
(1) CHINCHALADZE is or has been involved in serious corruption by engaging in serious corruption. As Chairman of the Tbilisi Court of Appeal, a foreign public official performing an executive or judicial function, he received a financial advantage as a reward for improperly performing his public functions, specifically improperly asserting his influence as chairman of the Tbilisi Court of Appeals to ensure that judicial appointments and decisions favoured the incumbent Georgian Dream Party.
(2) CHINCHALADZE is or has been involved in serious corruption by engaging in serious corruption. As Chairman of the Tbilisi Court of Appeals, a foreign public official performing an executive or judicial function, he accepted an advantage, namely a lifetime appointment to Tbilisi Court of Appeals, intending in consequence to continue improperly performing his public functions by ensuring that decisions in the Tbilisi Court of Appeals favour the incumbent Georgia Dream Party.
(3) CHINCHALADZE is or has been involved in serious corruption by engaging in serious corruption. As Chairman of the Tbilisi Court of Appeals of Georgia, a foreign public official performing an executive or judicial function, he accepted an advantage, namely a lifetime appointment to the Tbilisi Court of Appeals, intending to improperly perform his public functions by ensuring that judicial appointments and decisions favour the incumbent Georgian Dream Party. |
