By the evidence obtained within the criminal proceedings carried out in the RA Anti-Corruption Committee it was substantiated that during 2013-2018 occupying the position of the head of the Armavir protection unit of the RA Police General Department of State Protection Kh. A. with the help of the officers of the same unit and the organization of the persons who held the position of the head of the RA Police General Department of State Protection embezzled particularly large amounts of money during the said period, as well as falsified official documents.

In particular, by the preliminary examination it was revealed that from June 29, 2013 to June 23, 2018 Kh. A. signed agreements with 42 physical and legal entities on the implementation of protection of objects, based on which the officers of the protection department carried out the protection of these objects in exchange for monthly rents. During the mentioned period, R. M., V. M. and A. Z., who held the position of the head of RA Police General Department of State Protection - each in turn, instructed Kh. A. to embezzle money from the rents to be provided by business entities based on the mentioned contracts, giving them a monthly share of the embezzled money, guaranteeing that the embezzlement will not be revealed.

Not having the right to carry out cash transactions Kh. A. reached an oral agreement with the aforementioned business entities to hand over the rents stipulated in the contracts to the relevant accounts instead of transferring them. Then Kh. A. instructed the squad commander of the same unit A. A. to receive the monthly sums collected from business entities in return for the provided security service in cash and transfer it to him. Accordingly, A. A. on the instructions of Kh. A. personally collected the specified amounts from the mentioned business entities every month and transferred them in full to Kh. A. The latter, however, did not transfer the mentioned amounts to the extra-budgetary account of the unit, and in order to conceal the embezzlement, he came to an agreement with S. V. and G. A., who held the position of accountant of the unit in different years and falsified the relevant reports, which included false information that the said business entities did not pay or partially paid the rents provided for in the signed contract.

As a result, Kh. A., with the help of the above-mentioned persons, embezzled particularly large amounts of AMD 49,472,474 to be transferred to the account of the unit, of which he transferred to R.M. during the term of his office 4,918,032 AMD equivalent to 11,900 US dollars; he transferred to V. M. 8,239,390 AMD equivalent to 17,000 US dollars during the term of his office; and to A. Z. - 8,678,520 AMD equivalent to 18,000 US dollars during the term of his office.

For committing the above-mentioned criminal acts:

Kh. A. was charged under point 3 of part 3 of article 256 and part 1 of article 445 of the RA Criminal Code.

A. A. was charged under point 3 of part 3 of article 46 256 of the RA Criminal Code.

C. A. was charged under point 3 of part 3 of article 46‑256 and part 1 of article 445 of the RA Criminal Code

R. M. and A. Z. was charged under point 3 of part 3 of article 46‑256 of the RA Criminal Code.

The preliminary investigation in the criminal proceedings regarding the mentioned accused persons is over. The materials of the proceedings were handed over to the supervising prosecutor with an indictment, with a motion to send it to the court.

Notification. the person accused of a crime is considered innocent until his guilt is proven in accordance with the procedure established by the RA Criminal Procedure Code by a verdict entered into legal force.