In the framework of the criminal case investigated in the Investigative Division of Arabkir administrative district of RA Investigative Committee circumstances of stealing 450.000 USD from the bank by cheating were found. Two persons were involved as defendants.
 

By the evidence obtained through preliminary investigation it was found that the director of one of the X LLC-s told his friends that he wanted to take a loan from the bank for business. The friends acquainted him with a person called A. Ghukasyan who taking the appropriate documents of the X LLC promised to organize the loaning.
 

A. Ghukasyan reached a prior agreement with the loan specialist of one of the banks D. Matevosyan in order to “organize” the loaning promising to give him 40.000 USD if the result was positive.
 

According to the agreement, the bank clerk D. Matevosyan gave the documents of another borrower company available in the bank to A. Ghukasyan who submitted them to the bank. Based on the mentioned documents, the bank gave the director of the X company 450.000 USD. The latter took 25.000 USD from that money without knowing that the mortgaged property was acquired on the base of false documents. The rest of money was transferred to the “mediator” A. Ghukasyan.

On February 27, 2013 the bank clerk D. Matevosyan through another person received 16.360.000 AMD tantamount to 40.000 USD from the mediator. 
 

On the base of the evidence obtained during pretrial proceeding D. Matevosyan was charged according to the Part 2 of the Article 214 and the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Imprisonment was chosen as a pretrial measure against him. Search was declared against A. Ghukasyan and imprisonment was chosen as a pretrial measure.
 

Preliminary investigation is ongoing. Measures are taken to provide the comprehensive and complete examination of the case.
 

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