Within the criminal case investigated in the proceeding of General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee on apparent swindling of shares of particularly large value of “Credit Yerevan” Bank OJSC and “Lev Marced” LLC actual data were obtained on exceeding official authorities and other crimes committed by high-ranking officials presenting executive branch.

The criminal case on swindling of shares of particularly large value of “Credit Yerevan” Bank OJSC and “Lev Marced” LLC by cheating was initiated according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code on July 27, 2009 in the Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of General Department of City of the RA Police.

On November 2, 2009 a decision was made to involve Levon Markos as a defendant for apparent swindling of the shares of the mentioned company according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code. Detention was chosen as a pretrial measure against him and search was declared. On November 23, 2009 the proceeding of the criminal case was suspended.

On May 18, 2018 by the decision of the prosecutor supervising the legality of preliminary investigation of the criminal case detention chosen as a pretrial measure against Levon Markos was abolished. The proceeding of the suspended criminal case restarted preliminary investigation of which was tasked to General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee.

On June 19, 2018 Levon Markos turned himself to the investigative body and charge was pressed against him according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code, he was questioned.

In the result of investigatory actions new actual data were obtained on acquiring the shares of “Yerevan Credit” bank by Levon Markos, real circumstances of making investments in the bank and factories belonging to the latter.

Particularly, Levon Markos gave testimony that he had acquired the bank on the base of the RA high-ranking official. Moreover, before the bargain was signed the real financial state of the bank, the fact that the bank had gone bankrupt was concealed from him. The investor had a real picture of it only while he was making investments in the bank and factories belonging to the latter. Moreover, after Levon Markos had found out the real financial state of the bank and spoken out about it, he was required to give a part of real estate which belonged to «Credit Yerevan» bank to the high-ranking official which was refused.

After it illegal criminal prosecution started against him, search was declared to prevent his return to the Republic of Armenia. Later he was informed that his employees had been dismissed from the bank and the bank and a number of real estate in Armenia – machining plant and three markets which belonged to him had been alienated in unknown conditions without his knowledge.

Besides, according to the businessman his ownership of Copper-Molybdenum Combine of Kapan had also been halted without his knowledge.

RF law enforcement bodies refused the requirement of the RA law enforcement bodies to extradite him to the Republic of Armenia within the criminal case initiated illegally after which that criminal case was sent to the Russian Federation from the Republic of Armenia. Preliminary investigation was conducted there in the result of which his innocence was proved and the proceeding of the criminal case was terminated. After it a new criminal case was initiated in the Republic of Armenia.

In the actual data obtained within the criminal case investigated in General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee RA high-ranking official Serzh Sargsyan was also mentioned among the people related to alienating the businessman's property without his knowledge, seizing his property.

Considering that preliminary investigation of criminal cases on crimes related to official position by heads of the RA legislative and executive bodies or crimes committed by them is conducted by investigators of the RA Special Investigatory Service the actual data obtained through the criminal case investigated in the RA IC General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases were sent to the RA Prosecutor General's Office to send to the RA Special Investigatory Service.

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