Days ago, Iravaban.net published a report based on an alert from Tigran Khachatryan’s family. Khachatryan is being accused of ordering the murder of his former son-in-law and mother-in-law. However, the family is convinced that a transnational criminal group is attempting to extort money by keeping him in custody.
According to the family, one of the secret witnesses who testified against Tigran Khachatryan is an acquaintance of theirs. After Marina Khachatryan’s publication, we were contacted by individuals who claim they have suffered from the actions of the same woman, Karine. According to them, she took money or formalized loans in their names but did not repay them, leaving them in debt.
The names and voices of our interlocutors have been changed to protect their safety.
“I was introduced to Kara by my friend, who is also a teacher. She had gained my friend’s trust, as she would often lend money, and Kara would return it. When money was needed again, my friend approached me and introduced me to Kara. The impression wasn’t bad, otherwise I wouldn’t have given her money.”
She lost around $10,000 – all her savings that she had accumulated by working for years: “When I gave it, I said that this was my last money, you must return it. It’s my years of work. I couldn’t imagine that this situation would happen.”
According to our three interlocutors, Karine took the money during 2024. One of them, a 70-year-old woman, contacted law enforcement, but has no evidence that she transferred the money to her.
Karine reported that she needed money for the operation of her stores. Anzhela confirms that she had a business, individual entrepreneurs, and LLCs. She asked many people to take loans in their names.
According to Anzhela, the bank manager informed her that Karine was not making loan repayments, and the obligations were transferred to the guarantors. When Anzhela contacted Karine, she promised to pay everything.
“One fine day she got up and fled Armenia, leaving us all in this situation. I went to the Investigative Committee, applied, and they refused. They said, ‘You voluntarily went and stood as a guarantor.’ I say, ‘But that person has fled, not only because of us, but she has taken large sums from everyone.'”
Anzhela also notes that Karine took advantage of her acquaintances working at the bank, particularly someone named Vahag, who helped with the formalities. According to “Datalex,” one of the banks applied to the court to declare Karine bankrupt. She was provided with a loan of about $240,000, of which she did not repay about $180,000. The collateral was an apartment located on Sayat-Nova Avenue.
“Her aunt, 83 years old, died recently. I was informed that the bank told the woman that they had to sell the house because Karine had also put it up as collateral. The woman became ill, was taken to the hospital, and died without regaining consciousness for 2 days. The 83-year-old woman died like that, alone, abandoned.”
Eliza also talks about her experience. She wanted to help Karine when the latter asked her to take out a loan in her name. Eliza mentioned that she had no credit history, but Karine said she had connections, they would arrange everything.
“Through different banks, in amounts of 1-2 million, they reached 10 million. Since it hasn’t been repaid for a long time, the amount has increased. A few days ago it was revealed that Karine lost the gold she had pledged in my name because she didn’t make the payments. I owe the bank, the payments need to be made, but I have informed the bank that I won’t pay because it’s not mine.”
Eliza also applied to the Investigative Committee but received no response. She did not inform her relatives about it, as she was sure they would be against it. She currently cannot establish contact with Karine. According to her information, she is in Georgia, Russia, or the USA.
Tigran Khachatryan’s daughter raises the question of how one can believe the testimony of a woman who is involved in such stories: “I have no idea how the testimony of a person with such characteristics can be considered credible.”
Marina Khachatryan adds that the second secret witness is not that reliable either. She also refers to publications in the press regarding her work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “I have served for more than 10 years, worked in different countries as a diplomat, been a consul.”
According to her, the pressure on the family continues: “If this continues, I will be forced to publish the names of all the individuals who organized all this. I will also publish the names of the officials who directly or indirectly assisted these criminals. I will also publish the name and details of the person who passed this order to the law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation and not only. I will be forced to take that step.”
It has been revealed that with the assistance of a transnational criminal group, an official in the Russian Federation recently received the rank of general. The editorial office of Iravaban.net has also been provided with a recording where Karine talks about creditors.
Marina notes that if the pressure does not stop, she will be forced to reveal the names of all involved individuals during a press conference with the presence of representatives from both Armenian and Russian press.
Earlier, we reported that businessman Tigran Khachatryan has been detained in Russia for more than eight months. His daughter is convinced that the case against her father is fabricated and organized by a transnational criminal group for the purpose of extortion.
According to her, the case is based solely on the testimony of two secret witnesses, whose identities are known to the family. One of them is Karine.
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