7 employees of Ardshininvestbank’s Goris branch accused of legalizing
incomes received in criminal way

YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Investigation Department of the RA
National Security Service has completed an investigation into the
criminal case opened in connection with the fact of embezzling
fraudulently a particularly large sum of money and legalizing the
incomes received in a criminal way by the manager of
Ardshininvestbank’s Goris branch. The prosecutor who controls legality
of the investigation into the criminal case has confirmed the
indictement.

The investigators revealed and substantiated that in 2006-2009 H.
Bakhshian, the manager of Ardshininvestbank’s Goris barnch, issued
false loans of a total of 918,789,604 drams to 95 natural persons and
5 juridical persons. The sum was disbursed under loans and embezzled
to meet the manager’s personal needs and the needs of the companies
owned by this person, while the remaining sum was spent to repay the
false loans and interest on them. According to the investigators,
through these actions H. Bakhshian concealed and distorted the real
nature and sources of origin of 496 million 863.5 thousand drams
embezzled previously and legalized the incomes received in a criminal
way. As a result, damage of 693,808,812 drams was done to
Ardshininvestbank.

The press service of the Office of the RA Prosecutor General reported
that based on evidence obtained by the investigators, charges have
been brought against 7 employees of Goris branch, including the
manager, the chief accountant, the teller, and employees of the
accounting and credit units. In particular, the manager H. Bakhshian
is charged under the RA Criminal Code’s Article 179 Part 3 Point 1 and
Article 190 Part 3 Point 1, while other employees of the branch are
charged under Article 38-179 Part 3 Point 1. The criminal case has
been sent to the Syunik regional court of first instance.