Large Sums Embezzled Through 'Odnoklassniki' Website: Investigation Committee's Disclosure

The Criminal Investigation Department of the RA Investigation Committee has completed the preliminary investigation into large-scale embezzlement and money laundering cases using computer technology. Two individuals have been charged in connection with this case. This information was provided by the Department of Information and Public Relations of the RA Investigation Committee.

During the preliminary investigation, extensive investigative and procedural actions were carried out, including inquiries made and responses received from companies located in the Russian Federation.

According to the data obtained during the investigation, from April 7, 2017, to March 12, 2018, two residents of Kapan city, born in 1988, rented disposable virtual phone numbers designed for receiving SMS messages from various websites. Using these numbers, they registered accounts of fictitious individuals in electronic payment systems operating in Armenia and Russia, and created personal pages on the