YEREVAN, April 4. /ARKA/. Armenia’s prosecutors have initiated investigation into the theft of about 3.7 million drams ($9,500) by using a fake credit card. The office of prosecutor general said in a statement the investigation was launched after an Armenian citizen reported a theft of money from his account.
A study revealed that during a period from 23rd to 28th June 2010 an unknown person in China made 39 transactions through a POS-terminal withdrawing from the citizen’s account, identified as  K. Petrosyana, 3.7 million drams.
To conceal the origin of the stolen money, the same unknown person used the stolen money to buy goods. The statement said the transactions were made by a person identified as Vitaly Ismailov.
The Armenian prosecutors opened a criminal case on several accounts of the criminal code - large-scale theft,  legalization of illegally raised proceeds and manufacturing or sale of counterfeit payment instruments. The investigation is being handled by the National Security Service.
The statement said K. Petrosyan reported the theft to prosecutors after watching a TV program about forged bank cards.  -0-