The National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, waging an unyielding fight against the phenomena of corruption and pursuing the implementation of the functions entrusted to it by the law in the fight against crime and corruption in the Republic of Armenia, as a result of operative-investigative measures and investigative actions, has discovered in its ranks a case of abuse of the official position by officials and receiving particularly large bribes by extortion with prior agreement.

According to the preliminary data obtained, on July 24, 2019, the head of the department of the Erebuni department of the Yerevan City Department of the RA National Security Service and the operational inspector, defaming the officer’s honor, using the official position against the interests of the service, without official necessity, proper grounds and documentation, on July 24, 2019, brought an Indian citizen with a residence status and living in the RA to the department and threatened to take measures to deport him from the RA, unreasonable responsibility in order to submit, they extorted particularly large sums: 20,300 USD and 300,000 AMD bribes. Then, with the help of their acquaintance, including the threat of violence against the victim, they additionally demanded another 3,700 US dollars.

On July 31, 2019, a criminal case was initiated in the Investigation Department of the National Security Service of the RA regarding the incident of the apparent crime under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of the RA. The two officials and their accomplice were arrested.

The initiated criminal case was transferred to the special investigative service of the RA. An investigation is underway.