Within the framework of the criminal proceeding investigated General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee apparent factual data were obtained on the allegation that in July – August, 2022 a criminal organization was created and managed by a group of people, which committed 18 real estate thefts in the city of Yerevan using fake powers of attorney.

In order to get information about the real estate owners who were not in the Republic of Armenia, H.M. involved T.M., real estate agent in Yerevan, in the criminal organization. The latter provided H.M. with data about the plot of land, owned by S.A., among them the copy of the latter’s passport. 

Then H.M. informed his friend, laywer A.Gh., about the criminal scheme and offered him to make the above-mentioned real estate transaction in exchange for a certain share at a notary he knew. The latter agreed.

As a result, on September 1, 2022 under a contract signed on the basis of a fake power of attorney, a particularly large amount of real estate owned by S.A. was donated to H.M.. The latter sold the mentioned real estate to A.D. at 384 million 655 thousand AMD, and gave 40 tousand USD to A.Gh. as a share. 

Besides the above-mentioned, A.Gh. offered H.M. to make a fake power of attorney for another apartment in Yerevan, the owner of which was dead and to alienate it. As a result, under the contract signed on September 1, 2022 the particularly large amount of real estate owned by R.Q. was stolen by fraud and on September 13 was alienated to A.A. at 40 million 450 thousand AMD by H.M.. 31 thousand USD out of the money received as a result of the transaction was given to A.Gh. as a share.

On December 4, 2024 the prosecutor initiated a public criminal prosecution against A.Gh. according to the Points 1 and 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 255, the Part 1 of the Article 319,, the Part 2 of the Article 457 of RA Criminal Code.

On December 18, 2024 home detention, bail and absence ban were applied as pretrial measures against A.Gh.

Criminal prosecutions were also initiated against the head of the criminal organization according to the Points 1 and 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 255, the Part 1 of the Article 318 and the Part 2 of the Article 457 of RA Criminal Code, as well as against others involved.