Guinea, Tanzania citizens accused of money embezzlement in Armenia

November 19, 2011 - 17:27 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A criminal case is launched against citizens of Guinea and Tanzania for embezzlement of large sums of money and legalization of criminally obtained profits.

Citizen of Guinea A.K. reached a preliminary agreement with the citizen of Tanzania R. on illegal sale of airline tickets, and payment for tickets with other people's bank accounts through fake bank cards.

After investigation A.K. turned out to have been involved in similar illegal deeds in Tanzania. Coming to Armenia he started illegal sale of airline tickets to embezzle the money received.

To conceal the crime and evade responsibility, A.K. through internet provided R. with personal information of those who had purchased airline tickets. The latter, in turn, mad electronic payment of the tickets through fake bank cards issued on the names of third parties.

The case was submitted to the National Security Service of Armenia for preliminary investigation.