A criminal case was initiated in Masis Investigative Division of Ararat Regional Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee on swindling money with a prior agreement by a group of people by cheating, with a promise for employment as a teacher of physics. On the base of the evidence obtained through investigation charge was pressed against 3 residents of Ararat region.
 

On February 4, 2016 a report was submitted by a resident of Ararat informing that in August, 2014 the employee of Regional Administration of Ararat reaching prior agreement with his son – the headmaster of the school of the village of Nor Kyanq demanded 1.000 USD under the pretext of employment of his daughter as a physics teacher. The resident gave the demanded money in parts but his daughter was not employed as a teacher. By the materials prepared on the base of the citizen’s report a criminal case was initiated in Masis Investigative Division of Ararat Regional Investigative Department according to the Points 1 and 5 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code.
 

An investigatory plan was worked out, necessary investigatory actions were conducted to find all the circumstances, to provide comprehensive, objective and complete investigation of the case in the result of which other counts of swindling money by cheating under the pretext of employment as a teacher at the same school, demanding and receiving bribe were found, as well.
 

On the base of the obtained evidence on February 8 charge was pressed against the ex-headmaster of the school of the village of Nor Kyanq A. Stepanyan according to the Points 1 and 5 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code (swindling money by cheating with a prior agreement by a group of people, under the pretext of receiving bribe) and the Point 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 311 of RA Criminal Code (receiving bribe in large amount).
 

The investigator submitted a motion to the court to use detention as a pretrial measure against him which was sufficed.
 

Charge was also pressed against the employee of Regional Administration of Ararat O. Muradyan according to the Points 1 and 5 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code (swindling money by cheating with a prior agreement by a group of people, under the pretext of receiving bribe) and the Point 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 311 of RA Criminal Code (receiving bribe in large amount) and the Points 2 and 5 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code (swindling money in large amount by cheating, under the pretext of receiving bribe), as well as against the resident of Ararat region M. Stepanyan according to the Points 1 and 5 of the Part 2 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Signature not to leave was chosen as a pretrial measure against them.
 

Taking the peculiarities of the criminal case into consideration by the instruction of the Chairman of the RA Investigative Committee preliminary investigation of the criminal case is ongoing in the proceeding of General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee.
 

Necessary investigatory actions are conducted to provide the comprehensive, objective and complete investigation of the case.  
 

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