Thursday, September 13 2018 10:59

ArmInfo. In the RA General Prosecutor's Office, a new criminal case was instituted in connection with the violation of the confidentiality of the telephone  conversation, recording and promulgation of the audio recording of  the conversation between the Director of the National Security  Service (NSS) of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan and the Chairman of the  Special Investigative Service (SIS) Sasun Khachatryan.

As the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office told ArmInfo,  a criminal case has been initiated under Part 1 of Art. 309 of  the  RA Criminal Code (exceeding official authority).  To note, on  September 12, the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia   received for proceeding a criminal case initiated by the Office for  Supervision of  Investigation of Highly Important Cases of the RA  Prosecutor  General's Office on the violation of the confidentiality  of the  telephone conversation, recording and promulgation of the  audio  record between the Director of the National Security Service  of  Armenia Artur Vanetsyan and Chairman of the Special Investigation   Service (SIS) of Armenia Sasun Khachatryan.

As the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office informs, the   case was opened on the grounds of part 1 of Art. 146 (unlawful   violation of the secrecy of correspondence, telephone conversations,   postal, telegraph or other communications of citizens) and clause 4,   part 3 of  Art. 254 (unauthorized copying of information stored in a   computer, computer system, network or machine media, or unlawful   acquisition of it in another way, or interception of information   transmitted using computer communication tools committed for the  purpose of obtaining information of special value) of the RA Criminal   Code . The preliminary investigation into the criminal case was   entrusted to the Investigative Committee.

To recall, on September 11 an audio recording was spread on the  Internet of  the telephone conversation, during which the  interlocutors discuss  the criminal case on the events of 1 March  2008. A few hours later  the Director of the National Security  Service Artur Vanetsyan  confirmed the authenticity of the audio   record.  In the evening of  the same day, speaking to the voters of   the Davidashen community, RA  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated  that the wiretapping of the  heads of the special services is a  conspiracy, a crime against the  Armenian statehood. "I instructed  the National Security and Police  Service to find the conspirators in  the shortest possible time,  subjecting them to accountability," he  said.