Within the criminal case investigated in Ghegharkunik Regional Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee sufficient data were obtained on getting illegal payment in particularly large amount by a former and a current employee of Vardenis Territorial Agency of Social Assistance.

A criminal case was initiated according to the Point 2 of the Part 4 of the Article 311.1 of RA Criminal Code.

In the result of investigatory actions of great volume it was found out that from 2013 to 2018 a former and a current employees of Vardenis Territorial Agency of Social Assistance introduced citizens' data in the computer system of the mentioned territorial agency involving them in the beneficiaries list of family benefit system without informing them. Based on it, money in particularly large amount was illegally formulated in their names and apparently swindled every month.  

Money in particularly large amount - 14.376.000 AMD was swindled by the former employee of Vardenis Territorial Agency of Social Assistance and 6.520.000 AMD – by the current employee of the same agency.

On December 12 the former and current employees of Vardenis Territorial Agency of Social Assistance were arrested.

Investigation is conducted. Necessary investigatory and other procedural actions are taken to provide the comprehensive, complete and objective investigation of the case, to find out the frame of those involved in apparent abuses, to personalize the actions of each of them and to give appropriate criminal legal assessment to their actions.

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