Appropriation of property: Enforcement officer tried to steal citizen's property
The Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenian received the materials of the internal investigation conducted in respect of the enforcement officer of Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun Department of Yerevan city of Compulsory Enforcement Service of Judicial Acts (JACES) of the RA Ministry of Justice. It was revealed that during the period between December 2012 and October 2013, with an intention of stealing a great deal of property, for the payment to the deposit account of the Compulsory Enforcement Service of Judicial Acts as per the executive proceedings, later transference thereof to the lender, the enforcement officer charged 40.836 AMD from Debtor Manvel M., 57.439 AMD from Debtor Armen M. and 138.100 AMD from Debtor Anush H. He granted them the receipts with his signature on and the seal of the Compulsory Enforcement Service of Judicial Acts. But the amounts were not paid to the deposit account of the Compulsory Enforcement Service of Judicial Acts. Instead, he appropriated them by using his official position. A criminal case was launched based on the materials prepared in the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia under Paragraph 1 of Part 2 of Article 179 of the Criminal Code of Armenia, the SIS Press Service reports. A preliminary investigation is underway. The suspect or the accused of the alleged offence is deemed innocent unless his or her innocence is proved by virtue of the effective court verdict in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia.
