ArmInfo. Today, online fraud centers are so powerful and well- off that they are capable of influencing law enforcement agencies and pushing for the abolition of the Cybercrime Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Armenia. Daniel Ioannisyan, program coordinator for the Union of Informed Citizens, wrote this on his Facebook page, responding to a protest held by cybercrime victims outside the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia on November 19.
Regarding why online fraudsters are thriving and their victims are forced to testify, Ioannisyan explained that this is happening because, earlier this year, the Investigative Committee decided to dismiss all employees of the Cybercrime Investigation Department. "Moreover, the investigators who effectively combated these online fraudsters were the first to be dismissed," the program coordinator for the Union of Informed Citizens noted. This, in turn, as Ioannisyan noted, occurred after the same investigators began uncovering connections between online fraud centers and certain influential individuals. "In other words, these online fraud centers are so powerful and well-off that they are even capable of influencing law enforcement agencies," concluded the program coordinator of the Union of Informed Citizens.
As ArmInfo previously reported, yesterday, November 19, a group of citizens affected by cyber fraud held a protest in front of the Armenian Prosecutor General's Office, demanding that appropriate measures be taken to prevent such crimes. Mher Karagyozyan, chairman of the Public Control NGO, told reporters that the total number of victims, according to their estimates, could reach 17,000 people, but only about 250 have contacted them. He also noted that the police have received only a few dozen reports so far. He explained that citizens' reluctance to contact law enforcement agencies is due to a lack of trust in government agencies, and not to a narrow circle of victims.
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