Between June and November 2024, foreign nationals B.F., F.E., E.F., and M.O., involved in the same criminal case, sought legal representation from our office.
In this criminal case, the defendants were charged under Part 1 of Article 319, Points 1 and 3 of Part 3 of Article 257, Points 1 and 3 of Part 2 of Article 285, and Points 1 and 3 of Part 3 of Article 296 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, namely: participating in a criminal organization, committing large-scale computer fraud by a criminal organization, aiding the illegal activities of companies recognized as legal entities under the direction of a criminal organization leader, and money laundering on a large scale by a criminal organization.
Since January 2024, the defendants had been wanted, with detention chosen as the preventive measure. B.F. was located and detained in April 2024, and M.O. in October 2024. The detention measure was confirmed for both defendants.
Within days of our office’s attorneys Andranik Mnatsakanyan and Arpine Gevorgyan taking on the defendants’ representation, the detention measures were replaced with alternative preventive measures due to the correctly chosen defense strategy and the objective approach of the investigator from the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia and the prosecutor supervising the case.