Many Have Been Deceived: Loans and Debts Promised by Big Business

Loans and debts promised by big business: Another case of deception has been revealed. A young man named Aram Panosyan was told about the organization "Voda," now known as "Onyx," by his acquaintances. Aram went there, leaving his job in hopes of starting a business.

“At first, they told me it was a travel agency that sold hotel packages, but when I went to their office, I found out that I had to buy a package to invest and start a business, with the minimum being around 400,000 drams. I told them I didn’t have that much money, and they offered various ways to find the money—selling unused tech from home, pawning gold, or taking a loan from the bank. I agreed to the loan option; we went to the bank together, at first, I intended to take 1 million drams to buy a more expensive package, but then I changed my mind and took 500,000 drams,” Aram recounted.

“I saw all kinds of things there. They were saying, ‘Go do it in such a way that the girls fall in love with you, convince them to buy packages,’ or they were teaching the girls how to behave in clubs to easily meet guys and suggest buying packages,” Aram added.

After leaving the organization, Aram left a comment on social media and received numerous messages from victims. He decided to report it to the police, but Ellen, who is part of that team, told him that a man named Meruj was there, who could harm him. “I knew what he was capable of. Later, I kept receiving calls from one of the organization’s leaders, Vahe Hovhannisyan, who threatened that they would erase all traces of me, and that even the police wouldn't find me, and that I couldn’t go to the police because they collaborated with them,” Aram Panosyan said.

Loans and debts promised by big business. In our previous release, we reported on the "Voda" organization, now "Onyx." One of the citizens who contacted "Horizon" shared his story of how he was deceived into getting involved in supposed business activities. “At first, they told us it was a travel agency that was selling hotel packages, but then it turned out that I had to buy a package to start a business, with the minimum around 400,000 drams. They offered different options to find money—selling unused tech from the house, pawning gold, or taking a loan from the bank. When he realized it was a scam and wanted to go to the police, he was threatened that he couldn’t do that because they collaborated with the officers,” noted the citizen.

When a correspondent from "Horizon" contacted an expert, it was said that Onyx has bank accounts in Armenia, kept in one of Armenia's banks, and at BMO Bank in Canada. However, the same Armenian bank posted a statement on its Facebook page, stating that it does not cooperate with or serve as a partner of the mentioned company.

Vahe Hovhannisyan, one of the leaders of the Onyx team, in an interview with a correspondent regarding citizen complaints and dissatisfaction, stated that it was impossible to deceive people for the purpose of extorting money. When asked what connection Onyx had with the Voda company, Hovhannisyan claimed that there was no connection whatsoever.

Incidentally, the owners of the Onyx Companies are Iranians, one of whom lives in Canada. Witnesses noted that he always appeared with various disguises as if hiding from someone. In one of the interviews, the owner stated that 7,000 individual partners operate in Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Afghanistan, the USA, Canada, and several other countries. It should be noted that a criminal case has been initiated, and there is a suspect.

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