26-Year-Old resident of Yerevan charged with fraud

YEREVAN, June 18. /ARKA/. Circumstances of the fraud with bank loans committed by using computer are already known, and a charge is brought against a 26-year-old resident of Yerevan, the press office of the Investigative Committee of Armenia reports.

On April 23, 2019, the police were told that an unidentified person, using personal data of a citizen, sealed a loan contract with Evocabank on behalf of the latter and received AMD 1 million from the bank.

A criminal case was opened over the fraud and an investigation was launched into the case.

Investigators found out circumstances of the incident and identified the offender.

It has also become known that the swindler has deceived eight citizens and has received AMD 7,395,733 drams ($15,477).

She is let at large but under travel restrictions. -0—-

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