Preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated on swindling by cheating committed by a prisoner of a penitentiary while serving his term was completed in Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee.
 

In the result of investigatory actions of great volume several dozens of swindling counts were revealed, the mechanism of swindling was found, sufficient evidence were obtained on the allegation that a number of cases of swindling were committed by the prisoner together with another citizen who was in freedom.
 

Pursuant to the evidence obtained through preliminary investigation S. Danielyan, who had been sentenced to imprisonment by the verdict of November 7, 2017 of the Court of First Instance of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts, while serving his term in penitentiary reached a prior agreement with the resident of Yerevan R. Arzunyan over swindling by cheating from a number of citizens.
 

According to the agreement the prisoner via phone numbers used by him illegally in penitentiary called the people who had inserted announcements in “List.am” website for several goods, particularly for mobile phones, computers and other technical devices, introduced himself in fictitious names as a director or owner of different companies and expressed willingness to buy the goods on condition that the employee or forwarder of his alleged company R. Arzunyan would pay in cash or noncash.
 

In order to carry out criminal intentions he contacted the people who had inserted announcements in the same website for taxi services and offered to provide service to the employee of his alleged company R. Arzunyan in Yerevan city with false promise to pay a high salary. In the result of agreement achieved by S. Danielyan, R. Arzunyan met the affected in different addresses of Yerevan in the cars of the mentioned persons, got the above-mentioned goods from them on condition of paying the money and swindled the goods.
 

Through preliminary investigation sufficient data were obtained on the allegation that swindling by cheating had been committed from 48 citizens.
 

On the base of the evidence obtained during pretrial proceeding charge was pressed against S. Danielyan according to the Part 1 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code (9 counts), the Point 1 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 (16 counts), the Point 2 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 (4 counts), the Points 1 and 2 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 (17 counts) and the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code (2 counts).
  

Charge was pressed against R. Arzunyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code (14 counts), the Points 1 and 2 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code (17 counts) and the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code, detention was chosen as a pretrial measure against him.
 

The criminal case with the bill of indictment was sent to court.
 

Note; Everyone charged with alleged crime offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.