New Details on the Large Sum Theft from the Investigative Committee Building

According to a report from the Investigative Committee of Armenia, based on the provisions of Article 446, Part 2, and Article 254, Part 3, Points 2 and 4 of the RA Criminal Code, a criminal proceeding has been initiated in the Anti-Corruption Committee regarding the theft of a particularly large sum of money from the administrative building of the Investigative Committee's Department for Investigating Economic Crimes and Smuggling located at 3 Daghatan Street, Yerevan.

During the preliminary investigation of the criminal case, one person has been arrested. Extensive operational and investigative actions are being undertaken and implemented to solve the crime. The preliminary investigation is ongoing.

Earlier, “Factinfo” reported, citing its sources in law enforcement, that the previous night, $590,000, which was kept as material evidence, was stolen from the Economic Crimes and Smuggling Investigation Department's building. According to the media outlet, the fireproof safe where the money was stored was located on the 6th floor, and the perpetrator entered the building using a fake pass issued by an investigator.