In the Department for Investigation of Crimes against Property of General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee factual data were obtained on the allegation that between November 24 and 26, 2025, K.A., having reached a prior criminal agreement with M.A., approached S.S., the former husband of M.A.’s girlfriend, with the aim of instilling fear and anxiety in him and compelling him to comply with the property-related demands that had been presented to him. K.A. presented himself to S.S. as allegedly affiliated with the criminal subculture and exerted psychological pressure on him.

Thereafter, K.A. and M.A. blackmailed S.S., threatening to restrict his rights and freedoms, and demanded that he take property-related actions for the benefit of his former wife and her family members. Specifically, they demanded that he redeem the pledged gold jewelry, repay a bank loan of approximately 2.7 million AMD obtained in his former wife’s name, and transfer ownership of his house in Yerevan, valued at 5.2 million AMD, equivalent to 11 thousand USD, to his former wife’s children. At the same time, they subjected him to psychological violence and humiliation, causing him severe mental suffering.  

Besides, K.A. and M.A. being aware about the criminal proceeding initiated with regard to the mentioned cases, compelled the victim S.S. to appear before the investigative body and to withdraw the information he had provided, thereby obstructing the exercise of his procedural rights.

In the course of the preliminary investigation, by the supervising prosecutor’s decision, public criminal prosecution was initiated against K.A. and M.A. according to the Point 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 258, the Point 5 of the Part 2 of the Article 196, and the Part 1 of the Article 495 of RA Criminal Code.

Home detention was applied as a pretrial measure against them.

The criminal proceeding with the bill of indictment was referred to the supervising prosecutor.