Charges Filed Against Two Individuals for Embezzlement at the Football Federation of Armenia

The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia has initiated a criminal case regarding embezzlement of large sums from the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) by the "Technical Center-Academy" LLC. As a result of investigative actions and operational-search measures conducted by the main department for particularly important cases, the circumstances surrounding the embezzlement have been clarified.

It was found that between 2010-2019, the individual who held the position of director of FFA "Technical Center-Academy" LLC, in preliminary agreement with those who held director positions at "Noralusin" LLC, owned by the family of FFA President Ruben Hayrapetyan during the period of 2013-2018, entered into false service contracts documented as official documents. These contracts were under the pretense of conducting training and sports gatherings for various age groups of students of FFA "Technical Center-Academy" LLC at the "Zepyur" summer camp and hotel of "Noralusin" LLC.

With a unified intent, they created false tax invoices based on contracts for services that were never rendered or for camps that were never visited. Through these fraudulent means, an embezzlement of particularly large sums totaling 98,785,332 Armenian Drams occurred from FFA "Technical Center-Academy" LLC.

Based on a combination of sufficient evidence collected in the criminal case, charges have been filed against the directors of FFA "Technical Center-Academy" LLC and "Noralusin" LLC under Article 179 (embezzlement or waste) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia and Article 325 (forgery, resale or use of falsified documents, seals, stamps, forms, and registration plates) of the Criminal Code. As a precautionary measure, they have been placed under bail.