Case sent to court
Prosecutor General's Office release
The investigative department of the RA National Security Service ended the preliminary inquiry of the M. Tumasyan's criminal case for different types of counterfeit with cards and account numbers.
The prosecutor controlling the legitimacy of the preliminary inquiry confirmed the accusatory conclusion. The preliminary inquiry showed and corroborated that during an online chat in Moscow in early September 2008, M. Tumasyan met someone with the pseudonym "Loader" who had expressed willingness to provide information on the magnetic fields on credit cards released by Citibank in the United States to prepare false copies of cards and confiscate amounts from Citibank ATMs in the United States.
To carry out this plan, an organized group worked in Russia, Mexico and the United States from September to November 2008, kept in touch via online and robbed at least 436,500 dollars (134,178,839 drams) from Citibank and 7-11 store ATMs from September to November 2008.
M. Tumasyan has been charged with Points 1, 2, Part 3 of Article 177 of the RA Criminal Code, Point 2, Part 3 of Article 203, Point 2, Part 3 of Article 190 and Part 1 of Article 38-325.
The criminal case has been sent to the first instance court of general jurisdiction of Avan and Nor Nork districts for examination.
