57-Year-Old Woman Charged with Using Obvious Fake Official Documents and Embezzling Funds

The investigation department of the Lori regional investigation office of the RA Investigative Committee has established all circumstances surrounding the case of the 57-year-old resident of the Lori region who used obviously fake documents to embezzle large sums of money, as reported by the department of information and public relations of the RA Investigative Committee.

It was revealed that the 57-year-old woman from the Lori region, despite not having the relevant work experience in the 'Vanadzor Chemical Fibers Factory' LLC, acquired fake official documents in 2011, with the assistance of her acquaintance, stating that she had worked at the aforementioned company from January 1, 1992, to October 1, 1999. She also obtained a work record book stamped by the human resources department of the company, which she used on December 5, 2016, when she presented them to the Territorial Division of the Social Service of the RA in Spitak. From 2016 until November 2018, she continuously committed fraud by embezzling pension payments from the RA budget, causing substantial material damage to the state.

With sufficient evidence collected, the 57-year-old woman from the Lori region has been charged under Article 178 (Fraud) of the RA Criminal Code, Part 2, Clause 2, and under Article 325 (Falsification, dissemination or use of documents, stamps, seals, forms, vehicle registration plates) of the RA Criminal Code, Part 1. A preventive measure has been chosen against her in the form of signature not to leave. The damages caused to the state have been fully compensated during the pre-trial investigation.

The pre-trial investigation has been completed, and the criminal case has been sent to court with an accusatory conclusion.