During 2022-2023, A.Z., V.Z. and I.V. members of the criminal organization and other persons not identified under the examination, called the persons who placed announcements for the sale of goods and services on the "List.am" web page through “Whatsapp” application, acted as buyers or customers ordering services and suggested them to make the payment in advance through online transfer and receive the goods through “HayPost”, “Surhandak” and “Idram” delivery.

Particularly, on May 17, 2022, A.Z., V.Z., I.V. and other persons not identified under the examination called the citizen who posted announcement in the “List.am” webpage and send him a fake link and told him, that for the purpose of receiving payment they need to fill in the bank card data. After the citizen filled in the bank card data, A.Z. and other members of the criminal organization illegaly took AMD 575 thousand available on the account and transferred it to the digital wallet. 

During 2022-2023, the members of criminal organization illegally took AMD 19 million 38 thousand 349 from 67 citizens in this way. Afterwards, for the purpose of hiding the origin of illegally taken amount, they changed it to cryptocurrency and transferred it to their digital wallet, after which they kept, disposed and used those amounts.

On September 15, 2023 the prosecutor initiated a public criminal prosecution against A.Z., V.Z., I.V. under points 1 and 3 of part 3 of article 257, points 1 and 3 of part 3 of article 296 and part 1 of article 319 of the Criminal Code.

Notice:  A person charged with any crime shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty in the manner prescribed by the RA Criminal Procedure Code—by the judgment came into legal force.