In the result of investigatory actions of great volume conducted in the framework of the criminal case investigated in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee sufficient evidence were obtained on the allegation that swindling of particularly large amount of perfumes from one of the perfume shops operating in Yerevan had been committed by a prisoner who was in “Nubarashen” penitentiary.  
 

On January 31, 2017 a call was received informing that different types perfumes worth over 5 million had been swindled form one of an LLC’s shops by submitting a fake receipt for payment.   
 

A criminal case was initiated according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code preliminary investigation of which is conducted in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative district of Yerevan Investigative Department. In the result of urgent investigatory and operative-searching measures the mechanism of perfume swindling was found, the person having committed the apparent crime was identified, the stolen perfume was found.
 

According to preliminary investigation data, the defendant imprisoned for illegal turnover of narcotic drugs, being in “Nubarashen” penitentiary on January 30 at about 12:00 called the perfume shop and presenting himself as a regional administration employee expressed a desire to purchase perfume via bank transfer to give the participants of the event organized by regional administration.   
 

According to the obtained evidence on January 31 at about 17:00 the driver providing taxi service approached the shop assistant, gave the close envelope he had taken from the person pointed out by the client, took 100 packed perfumes and left. A short while after the driver had left it was found that the submitted receipt for payment was fake.  
 

In the result of measures taken in the framework of the criminal case the perfumes were found, the persons involved in transportation of perfumes were identified. Investigation is conducted to personalize the actions of each of them, to find the person having made a fake receipt for payment.
 

Preliminary investigation is ongoing.   

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