23.04.2025

Employee of a Community Hall in Shirak Region Swindled about 50 Million AMD by Fraudulence

Employee of a Community Hall in Shirak Region Swindled about 50 Million AMD by Fraudulence

In the result of large-scale procedural and evidentiary actions conducted in the course of preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding investigated in the Department for Investigation of Crimes against Property of General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee, apparent factual data were obtained on abuses committed in one of the community halls in Shirak region.

Particularly, S.H., leading specialist at the community hall, using the identification card and the password to access the accounting program given to him by the former head of the community, as well as submitting false reports to the community council and Shirak regional administration regarding the availability of financial resources in the budget fund for the same years, logged into the accounting program using his and the former community head's respective pages, prepared and approved electronic documents regarding planned budget changes and payment orders.

Then S.H. transferred the funds of various expenditure programs of the community budget funds to the transit account intended for the payment of salaries, and made payment orders with the former community head's electronic signature. Using it over the years, he transferred a total of 50 million 464 thousand 100 AMD from the community account to his bank accounts, 1 million 323 thousand 759 AMD of which was paid by him the underpaid salaries of the community hall employees, and 49 million 140 thousand 341 AMD was swindled by fraudulence.

In the course of preliminary investigation 4 million 500 thousand AMD was recovered to the state budget, and a ban was imposed to the property in the amount of the unrecovered damage caused.

Public criminal prosecution was initiated against S.H. according to the Point 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 255 of RA Criminal Code.

Absence ban was imposed as a pretrial measure to the latter.

The criminal proceeding with the bill of indictment was sent to the prosecutor for approval and referral to court.

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