ArmInfo. Having based on sufficient evidence, two investigators of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, L. G. and V.A. charged under Article 179 (Assignment or embezzlement) of the RA Criminal Code.
According to the press service of the SIS, L.G and V.A., being investigators of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, by prior conspiracy they appropriated gold jewelry worth $ 15,000. According to the prosecution, the senior investigator of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, L.G. in the framework of the criminal case accepted for production in 2015, and investigator V.A. searched the home of a person suspected of fraud in this case. After that, investigators confiscated jewelry worth $ 15,000 in this apartment.
However, in violation of the requirements of the law, they did not transfer the confiscated jewelry for storage to the state bank, and by prior conspiracy appropriated them. Some of them L.G. mortgaged in one of the credit organizations. After that, the investigator V.A., in order to conceal the crime committed by them, rejected the petition of the accused's lawyer to return the gold jewelry to their owner, reasoning that the jewelry could serve as a means of securing legal expenses, assuring that they were stored in the investigation department. After the rejection of the application of counsel, V.A. sent the case with the indictment against the suspect to the prosecutor. L. G. arrested. The investigation continues.