In the course of preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding investigated in the Department for Investigation of Cybercrime and High Technology Crime of General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee apparent factual data were obtained on the allegation that between December, 2023 and October, 2024 a group of people had been involved in the criminal organization managed by D.S. and T.D..

Particularly, the members of the criminal organization, having obtained the data of victims of investment fraud, created a call center, distributed roles among the employed persons, called the victims on the list and, posing as representatives of an international organization, convinced them that they had the opportunity to recover the damage caused and ensured the receipt of the stolen funds, persuading them to transfer money to the accounts of various crypto currency wallets managed by them.

As a result, money in particularly large amount; a total of 16 million 94 thousand 945 AMD was transferred to the crypto currency wallets managed by the members of the criminal organization.

Besides, between April and October, 2024 in the same way stealing from about 61 people at least 1,000 USD from each, they committed computer theft in the amount of at least 23 million 613 thousand 710 AMD.

Public criminal prosecution was initiated against D.S. and T.D. according to the Part 1 of the Article 318 and the Points 1 and 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 257 of RA Criminal Code, against one person according to the Part 1 of the Article 319, the Points 1 and 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 257 and the Points 1 and 2 of the Part 3 of the Article 238 of RA Criminal Code, against 4 persons according to the Part 1 of the article 319, the Points 1 and 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 257 of RA Criminal Code.

Detention was imposed as a pretrial measure to 5 persons, home detention to 2 persons.

The criminal proceeding with the bill of indictment was sent to the prosecutor.