With the special instructions of the RA Investigative Committee, the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings regarding the use of false documents by the criminal organization, falsifying the identification elements of the vehicles, the objects subject to taxation at the customs border of the RA, bypassing the relevant customs procedures, importing and alienating vehicles and avoiding the customs fee of 1 billion 213 million 26 thousand 100 AMD in the main department was completed.
RA Investigative Committee informs about this.
“The preliminary investigation established that H.V., A.M., S.Sh., L.E. and B.K. created a criminal organization and as its members recruited A.M., H.G., A.D., S.A. and H.S. to illegally import and sell vehicles from the Republic of Georgia to the Republic of Armenia, bypassing customs procedures established by law. developing a well-defined criminal mechanism to carry out illegal activities unhindered.
In particular, the members of the group submitted false applications to the registration-examination units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia on different days, on the basis of false authorizations allegedly issued to them by the citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who bought vehicles in the Republic of Armenia during the years 2018-2020, and received registration plates and registration certificates again.
After that, the members of the criminal organization in Georgia bought vehicles corresponding to the brands, dates of issue and colors indicated in the registration certificates, in the neutral zones of the Georgian-Armenian and Georgian-Russian interstate borders, they tore off the identification numbers of the vehicles, replacing them with the false identification numbers and registration plates indicated in the registration certificate, and crossed the Georgian-Armenian border with these vehicles, creating a false impression, as if in 2018-2020. cars bought and exported in Kazakhstan entered the Republic of Armenia.
Public criminal prosecution was initiated against 10 persons for creating a criminal organization, participating in it, using fake documents, forging the identification elements of vehicles and avoiding the customs sum payment of 1 billion 213 million 26 thousand 100 AMD.
House arrest was applied to 2 of them as a preventive measure, administrative control was applied to 3, and the ban on absenteeism was applied to others.
An injunction was applied to the property of 5 accused, 218 cars were identified as material evidence.
The criminal proceedings were sent to the supervising prosecutor with an indictment,” the message says.
Notice: the person accused of a crime is considered innocent until his guilt is proven in accordance with the procedure established by the Code of Criminal Procedure, by a legally binding verdict of the court.
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