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ARMENIAN COURT SENTENCES ROMANIAN NATIONAL TO 9 YEARS FOR THEFT AND MONEY LAUNDERING
YEREVAN, November 27. /ARKA/. A first instant court in Yerevan Kentron
and Marash district sentenced a Romanian citizen, Dragosu Botezatu,
to a lengthy prison term for stealing 29.8 million drams ($73,000)
and their laundering by duplicating the details of bank cards, the
prosecutor's office said.
According to the indictment, in 2008 summer Dragos Ionuts Botezatu
met in London with another Romanian citizen Constantine Sherban and
was included in a criminal group, which specialized in the theft of
sums by fake bank cards.
Botezatu and another member of the criminal group - Katalin Ionuts
Furdui in 2009 August arrived in Armenia with fake duplicates of
bank cards. According to the indictment , they stole 29.8 million
drams from ATMs of four banks in Armenia. Botezatu remitted the money
converted into hard currency to the United Kingdom.
The court found him guilty under article 177 of the criminal code
(large scale theft committed by an organized group), and article 190
(money laundering ) and sentenced him to nine years with confiscation
of property derived from criminal activity.
Katalin Ionuts Furdui was detained by law authorities in Romanian and
according to international conventions, is to be handed to Armenian
authorities for investigation and trial.
Operational and investigative measures to identify other members of
the criminal group continue, the prosecutor's office said. ($ 1 -
406.32 drams). -0-
YEREVAN, November 27. /ARKA/. A first instant court in Yerevan Kentron
and Marash district sentenced a Romanian citizen, Dragosu Botezatu,
to a lengthy prison term for stealing 29.8 million drams ($73,000)
and their laundering by duplicating the details of bank cards, the
prosecutor's office said.
According to the indictment, in 2008 summer Dragos Ionuts Botezatu
met in London with another Romanian citizen Constantine Sherban and
was included in a criminal group, which specialized in the theft of
sums by fake bank cards.
Botezatu and another member of the criminal group - Katalin Ionuts
Furdui in 2009 August arrived in Armenia with fake duplicates of
bank cards. According to the indictment , they stole 29.8 million
drams from ATMs of four banks in Armenia. Botezatu remitted the money
converted into hard currency to the United Kingdom.
The court found him guilty under article 177 of the criminal code
(large scale theft committed by an organized group), and article 190
(money laundering ) and sentenced him to nine years with confiscation
of property derived from criminal activity.
Katalin Ionuts Furdui was detained by law authorities in Romanian and
according to international conventions, is to be handed to Armenian
authorities for investigation and trial.
Operational and investigative measures to identify other members of
the criminal group continue, the prosecutor's office said. ($ 1 -
406.32 drams). -0-