Preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding initiated on swindling committed by “Davinchi Travel” Travel Company was completed in the Division of Investigation of Grave Crimes of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee.

Through comprehensive investigation it was grounded that the director of “Davinchi Travel” travel company, intending to fraudulently steal the property of the agency's clients, realizing that t was impossible to organize the clients’ rest abroad due to financial problems in the company, assumed the responsibility of organizing the rest of the citizens, who had applied to the travel company, in a number of countries and carrying out financial transactions.

The latter and the tourism manager of the same company, with prior agreement, between January23, 2020 and August 12, 2021, taking advantage of the citizens' confidence to the travel company, abusing that confidence, under the pretext of organizing the rest of 177 citizens, who had applied to the company, in a number of countries, booking airline tickets and hotel rooms for this purpose, continually, swindled by fraudulence money in particularly large amount - 224.066.450,84 AMD, in total.

On the base of the obtained sufficient facts charge was pressed against the director and tourism manager of “Davinchi Travel” Travel Company according to the Point 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 255 of RA Criminal Code. Absence ban was chosen as a pretrial measure against them.

Preliminary investigation was completed. The materials of the criminal proceeding with the bill of indictment were sent to the prosecutor for approval and referral to court.