The preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings initiated in connection with the theft of 38 million drams with 97 episodes has been completed in the investigation department of cybercrimes and crimes committed in the field of high technologies of the RA Investigative Committee, on the part of one person. This is reported by the Central Committee.
In particular, A.Z., having joined the criminal organization in the period from May 17, 2022 to May 10, 2024, with the intention of committing computer thefts, established contact with the persons who posted service provision announcements on the "List.am" website for the sale of products using the "WhatsApp" application, acted as a buyer or orderer of the provision of services and offered the victims living in RA to pay in advance in order to transfer the money online. through, and receive the goods by parcels.
Then, A.Z. sent fake electronic links with the same content to sellers of goods and service providers in order to obtain the valid conditions for the front and back of the bank cards necessary for the execution of transactions through them, after which, by receiving and using them, by entering computer data without permission provided by law, contract or other legal basis, he stole the bank cards of 97 different people, in particularly large amounts: 38 million 614 thousand The sum of AMD 880.
In addition, A.Z., in order to hide and distort the criminal origin of the funds received with other members of the criminal organization, to avoid responsibility for the crimes they committed, transferred the received funds in different directions during the same period, including, in order to hide the real origin of the money, he converted them into cryptocurrency by transferring them to the electronic wallets registered in the names of various persons of the company and actually used by them, after which he possessed, kept, used and managed these funds.
According to the decision of the supervising prosecutor, a public criminal prosecution was initiated against A.Z. for participating in a criminal organization, computer theft and money laundering (episode 97). He was detained.
The criminal proceedings were sent to the supervising prosecutor with an indictment.
Notice: the person accused of a crime is considered innocent until his guilt is proven in accordance with the procedure established by the Code of Criminal Procedure, by a legally binding verdict of the court.
