YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. The National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia has revealed a new form of transnational criminal offence not recorded in Armenia so far.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of NSS Armenia, investigative measures revealed that a group of individuals in collaboration with their overseas accomplices imported into Armenia euro banknotes withdrawn from circulation and painted with special colors for encashment or ATM security considerations.

The members of the clandestine group had an intention to clean the banknotes by chemical substances, make them look old and concealing the fact that they have been withdrawn from circulation, fraudulently sell the Republic of Armenia.

As a result of the preventive and deterrent actions of the NSS, the clandestine group failed to bring to end its criminal intentions, while the withdrawn banknotes have been revealed and confiscated.

Three individuals have been arrested in the sidelines of the criminal case. The NSS takes measures to identify other possible members of the group, as well as to reveal other cases of similar crimes that can have happened in the past.