Preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated on swindling money in particularly large amount from grants provided by European Union Delegation to Armenia is ongoing in General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee.
 

On the base of actual data obtained during preliminary investigation, on April 26, 2017 the coordinator of grant programs of European Union Delegation to Armenia Marine Papyan was arrested on suspicion of swindling money in particularly large amount from grants provided by European Union Delegation to Armenia committed by cheating, with prior agreement with a group of persons.
 

It was earlier informed that on the base of the evidence obtained in the result of investigatory actions conducted in the framework of the criminal case, through their analyses and joint assessment 13 persons Tigran Suqiasyan, Gevorg Ghazaryan, Rubina Ter-Martirosyan, Armen Bareghamyan, Anahit Avagyan, Sergey Balasanyan, Dina Manukyan, Karen Stepanyan, Tereza Dilanyan, Aleqsandr Poghosyan, as well as Hrayr Gyonjyan, Garik Chilingaryan and Gegham Petrosyan were involved as a defendant for swindling money in particularly large amount from grants provided by European Union Delegation to Armenia, supporting the swindling, as well as making false documents by a group of people. Search was declared against three persons – H. Gyonjyan, G. Chilingaryan and G. Petrosyan.   
 

Preliminary investigation is ongoing. During preliminary investigation the RA Investigative Committee actively cooperates with the employees of European Union Delegation to Armenia and European Anti-Freud Office.
 

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