As it was already informed, preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding with regard to money laundering in particularly large amount and theft in particularly large amount by means of computer committed by a transnational criminal organization is being conducted in the Department for Investigation of Cybercrime and High Technology Crime of General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee. 

It should be noted that the members of the criminal organization, by operating websites and platforms containing offers to make investments promising high returns, as well as by using websites of non-existent companies, during telecommunications guided the victims to transfer various amounts of money to the bank accounts under their control, gained access to the victims’ bank cards, withdrew the funds available on them, and took out loans in the victims’ names.

As a result, the members of the criminal organization illegally and gratuitously appropriated financial funds in particularly large amount belonging to numerous victims from foreign countries.

In the course of the preliminary investigation, it was substantiated that the criminal organization had committed embezzlement in the amount of at least 410 million 853 thousand AMD. 

The criminal proceeding with respect to a member of the criminal organization with the bill of indictment was sent to the prosecutor. 

Preliminary investigation is ongoing.