Armenian NSS accuses official in Vayots Dzor region of fraud

YEREVAN, February 11. /ARKA/. The investigation department of Armenia's National Security Service has accused a senior official in the provincial administration of Vayots Dzor region, who is in charge of transport and road construction, of large-scale fraud, abuse of office, forgery and falsification of documents.
The NSS said it has obtained information that the official, identified as Kh.A., intended to steal the money that was earmarked by the budget for the maintenance of regional roads.
According to NSS, together with executives of the companies involved in the construction and operation of roads of Vayk and Yeghegnadzor, the official entered fake data into official documents, drew up fake documents, which claimed that these companies had done the work.
As a result, the official and the executives of the companies fraudulently stole from the state an amount of 124,152,000 drams (an equivalent of 237,300 US dollars) allocated in 2016-2019 for the summer and winter maintenance of regional roads in Vayots Dzor. -0-