Preliminary investigation of the part separated from the criminal case initiated on swindling in particularly large amount from the RA state budget by abusing confidence committed by the LLC director was completed in General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA investigative Committee.

In the result of investigative and other procedural actions conducted during pretrial proceeding a number of circumstances, the amount of the damage caused to the state were found out.

Pursuant to factual data obtained through investigation, the LLC director, with the help of people not identified yet through investigation, for the purpose of causing pecuniary damage in particularly large amount to the state through cheating and abusing confidence, from January, 2015 to June 2018 using obviously false documents made by people not identified yet, submitted them to the RA Ministry of Finance and received money.

Particularly, in the framework of implementation of license conditions for organizing the process of transport means inspections given by the Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies, without carrying out technical inspection of transport means in the stations located in the towns of Kapan and Goris, using obviously false documents - cards on technical condition of transport means proving that the transport means have passed the mandatory technical inspection envisaged by the Point 3 of the RA Government’s decision N 346-Ն dated February 15, 2007, checks submitted to technical inspection station, the second parts of the checks for technical inspection of the cars which had not actually passed technical inspection, the LLC director submitted them to the RA Ministry of Finance and based on them received 203.572.000 AMD, in total, transferred to the bank account of the LLC causing pecuniary damage in particularly large amount to the state.

By the decision of the investigative body the part on the LLC director was separated in a separate proceeding and on the base of the obtained sufficient evidence charge was pressed against the latter according to the Point 1 of the Part 2 of the Article 184 and the Part 1 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code. Signature not to leave was chosen as a pretrial measure against him.

Preliminary investigation of the separated part was completed and the criminal case with the motion to confirm the bill of indictment was sent to the prosecutor.

By the decision of the investigative body the real estate of the LLC director - two land plots, three apartments and one workshop were taken into custody.

Preliminary investigation on the part of document forgery is ongoing. Necessary measures are taken to identify those having committed forgery, to find and bring them to the investigative body.

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