A K.Telecom manager was yesterday charged with stealing over 750 million AMD (US$1.729) worth of cell phone calling cards since 2010.

Ashot Kuyumjyan first started working for the phone company in 2006 at its retail branch in Kapan. In 2010, he was promoted to head the company’s service and complaint’s bureau for all the retail branches in Syunik.

The cards Kuyumjyan is accused of stealing were in various denominations and sent to him at the company’s Syunik regional office from Yerevan.

He is accused of stealing 702,779 cards of the 717,579 cards received.

Kuyumjyan is now in pre-trial detention.

Photo: Ashot Kuyumjyan’s Facebook page.