Yerevan Resident Scams Artsakh Inhabitant Under the Guise of Loan Arrangement

On May 2, at 1:10 PM, the Yerevan Police Department reported that a resident of Berdashen village in the Martuni region of Artsakh, identified as V.M. (born in 1996), contacted them stating that in April of this year, in Stepanakert city, he transferred 79,000 AMD through a terminal to one of the residents of Yerevan (details are being clarified) for the purpose of arranging a loan, but the latter has not yet formalized the loan.

This was reported by the Artsakh police. Initial investigations revealed that on April 8, an unidentified person contacted V.M. via the social media platform Facebook and introduced himself as Alex, claiming to be a loan specialist. He built trust with V.M. and subsequently requested his passport details and a copy of his social card through the stated social media channel. Afterward, he promised V.M. that by transferring 79,000 AMD to his 'I-dram' account, V.M. would receive 1,500,000 AMD at a 3% interest rate. However, Alex, after obtaining V.M.'s money, did not fulfill the agreement.

The urban administration of the police is handling the investigation.

On May 6, a female resident of Stepanakert, L.M., reported to the police's economic and anti-corruption crime department that on April 14 of this year, a Yerevan resident named K.K. (details are being clarified), via a personal page called 'Everything for the Home' on Facebook, fraudulently stole 110,000 AMD from L.M. under the pretense of selling economic goods and by means of a terminal, without fulfilling the agreed supply of the economic goods, thereby causing significant material damage to her. The investigation is being conducted by the economic and anti-corruption crime department of the Artsakh police.