Official from the Artsakh Security Council Caused 26 Million Dram Damage to the State

Based on a report submitted to the National Security Service of the Republic of Artsakh, it has been revealed through a criminal procedural check that in September 2022, an official from the Artsakh Security Council, in agreement with the head of a commercial organization, created a clearly fraudulent invoice for the provision of goods to the Security Council office without any intention of actually supplying the goods. As a result, 26,000,000 AMD was transferred from the state budget to the commercial organization, of which 25,000,000 AMD was cashed out and embezzled, causing particularly large-scale property damage to the state.

This information was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of Artsakh. According to the source, on February 23 of the current year, a criminal case was initiated by the National Security Service of Artsakh under the characteristics of crimes provided for in part 1 of Article 185 and part 3 of Article 197 of the Criminal Code of Artsakh, and an investigation is underway.

Notice: The suspect or accused in the alleged crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in accordance with the procedure established by the Criminal Procedure Code of Artsakh by a legally enforceable court decision.