Case of 120 Million Dram Damage by Director of Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory Sent to Court

The preliminary investigation into the case of large-scale fraud causing damage by the director of the "Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory" LLC has been completed by the investigative department of the Malatia-Sebastia administrative district of the RA Investigative Committee. This information has been reported by the Department of Information and Public Relations of the RA Investigative Committee.

According to the data obtained during the investigation, on January 8, 2019, a cargo transportation contract was signed between the "Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory" LLC and "Daf Alco Trans" LLC, whereby the latter agreed to deliver the cargo entrusted by the client to the designated location. Based on the transportation services rendered under this contract, a total of 17 invoices were issued, resulting in a debt of 120,735,150 AMD owed by the "Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory" LLC to "Daf Alco Trans" LLC by April 3, 2019, which was not paid.

On August 1, 2019, "Daf Alco Trans" LLC filed for bankruptcy in Armenian bankruptcy court, seeking to have the aforementioned company declared bankrupt, and the court accepted the case for hearing.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the director of the "Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory" LLC, with the intent to cause significantly large property damage to "Daf Alco Trans" LLC, falsified a document signed by an unidentified person previously, bearing the date "01.11.2019" and titled "Agreement / Modification of Agreement" that did not correspond to reality. Using this forged document as evidence, he filed a lawsuit on September 9, 2019, through his company’s representative against "Daf Alco Trans" LLC in Yerevan City Court, demanding the invalidation of the transportation contract signed on January 8, 2019, and the invoices issued in the name of "Daf Alco Trans" LLC, which was accepted for hearing by the court.

Additionally, the director again used the aforementioned forged document as evidence to refute the claims of "Daf Alco Trans" LLC, presenting it through his company’s representative during the bankruptcy proceedings on August 30, 2019, in bankruptcy court.

As a result, the director of the "Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory" LLC obstructed "Daf Alco Trans" LLC from obtaining the amount of 120,735,150 AMD accrued from the transportation services by deliberately using an untrue document as evidence at the courts, thus causing them significant property damage.

Based on collected sufficient evidence, the director of the "Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory" LLC has been charged under the first part of Article 349 of the RA Criminal Code (falsification of evidence) in two episodes, and under the first part of Article 184 of the RA Criminal Code (causing property damage through fraud or abuse of trust) in one point of the second part. The preliminary investigation has been completed and the criminal case, with an accusatory conclusion, has been sent to court.