Preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated on swindling money in particularly large amount from grants provided to a number of non-governmental organizations by European Union Delegation to Armenia was completed on 14 defendants in General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee.

In the result of investigatory actions of great volume conducted in the framework of the criminal case sufficient evidence were obtained on the allegation that from 2009 to 2016 a group of people through prior agreement worked out grant programs, obtained non-governmental organizations which were already registered and had some history through which the programs were submitted to tender announced by European Union Delegation to Armenia. The programs were confirmed with the help of delegation employee and money for implementation of those programs was provided.

The mentioned people forged accounting, financial and economic, program documents, particularly, false labor, service contracts, false documents for purchasing goods, false leaflets on business trips on the base of which money in particularly large amount provided for the implementation of the programs were swindled.

In the result of comprehensive investigation sufficient evidence were obtained on the allegation that swindling had been committed through 18 grant programs funded by EU Delegation to Armenia and the total amount of the swindled money is 907.281.869.7 AMD.

On the base of the obtained evidence charge was pressed against 19 people for swindling in particularly large amount by a group of people with prior agreement by cheating, supporting swindling, as well as forgery committed by a group of people with prior agreement.

The case was separated as a separate proceeding on 14 people and preliminary investigation was completed.

On the base of the obtained evidence charge was pressed against

1. Marine Papyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code (16 counts) and the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 38-178 of RA Criminal Code (2 counts),
   
   
2. Tigran Suqiasyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (15 counts),
   
   
3. Garik Chilingaryan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (6 counts),
   
   
4. Rubina Ter-Martirosyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (4 counts),
   
   
5. Armen Bareghamyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (2 counts),
   
   
6. Gevorg Ghazaryan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (2 counts),
   
   
7. Dina Manukyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code (1 count),
   
   
8. Alexander Poghosyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (1 count),
   
   
9. Sergey Balasanyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (1 count),
   
   
10. Karen Stepanyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 38-178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (1 count),
    
    
11. Armen Miqayelyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (1 count),
    
    
12. Arman Mkrtchyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 38-178 of RA Criminal Code, the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (3 counts) and the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (1 count),
    
    
13. Anahit Avagyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 1 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (4 counts),
    
    
14. Nelli Sedrakyan according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code and the Part 2 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code (2 counts).
    
    

The criminal case on 14 defendants with the bill of indictment was sent to court. Preliminary investigation of the separated proceeding is ongoing.

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