Based on the September 6 decision of the Prosecutor General of Armenia, a criminal case was initiated against a citizen for falsifying documents, swindling a significant amount of money by using them, and bribing the senior prosecutor of the Arabkir and Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative districts.

The preliminary investigation of the case was assigned to the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia.

A study of the case materials received from the General Division of the Criminal Investigation revealed that on 8 May, 2012, M. Apoyan had submitted a previously falsified certificate of the right to the ownership of the house and the evaluation reference of the same house to the credit organization and hypothecating the house in the name of his acquaintance had received a credit of 4.400 000 AMD and had swindled by cheating.

Days later on 31 May M. Apoyan had submitted a state register certificate of rights to another house, the evaluation reference and other necessary documents to the same credit organization. Hypothecating it in the name of another acquaintance of his, he had received a credit of 43.000 USD and swindled. On 31 August the same person had tried to get a credit of 40.000 USD from the same credit organization in the same way in the name of another acquaintance of his, but he couldn't finish the bargain for the reasons irrespective of his will.

On 6 September the consultant of the credit organization N. Zaqaryan had reported about M. Apoyan's getting credit of 4.400.000 AMD and 43.000 USD accordingly using false documents and seizing them. On the base of the report during the preparation of materials M. Apoyan gad given an explanation that in order not to process appropriately the submitted report of N. Zaqaryan, the senior prosecutor of the prosecutor’s office of Arabkir and Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative districts Kh. Baghdasaryan had demanded and received a bribe.

On the same day, a criminal case was initiated and sent to the the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia to implement the investigation by the decision of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia according to the materials received from the General Division of the Criminal Investigation of the Republic of Armenia.

As a result of operative investigative measures thorough evidence is obtained on how the senior prosecutor of the prosecutor’s office of Arabkir and Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative districts Kh. Baghdasaryan through their mutual acquaintance A. Ghukasyan had demanded and received a bribe of significant amount 9.000 USD for not processing the swindling of significant amount using false documents by M. Apoyan and the report received from the consultant of the credit organization.

According to the obtained evidence the preliminary investigation body made decisions on involving Kh. Baghdasaryan, A. Ghukasyan and M. Apoyan as defendants of the criminal case for receiving a significant amount of bribe, mediating for bribe and committing swindling of significant amount by cheating, attempt of swindling and giving bribe.

Prosecutor General’s Office of RoA reports that the preliminary investigation in the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia is going on.