Armenian prosecutor general's office sends to court criminal case with former president Serzh Sargsyan among accused persons
29.01.2020,
13:20
The Armenian Prosecutor General's Office sent today to court the file of a criminal case with former president Serzh Sargsyan among the persons involved in it, Novosti-Armenia reports referring to Arevik Khachyatryan, press secretary of the prosecutor general's office.
YEREVAN, January 29. /ARKA/. The Armenian Prosecutor General's Office sent today to court the file of a criminal case with former president Serzh Sargsyan among the persons involved in it, Novosti-Armenia reports referring to Arevik Khachyatryan, press secretary of the prosecutor general's office.
The criminal case had been opened over embezzlement of state assets totaling more than $1 million.
Arevik Khachatryan said that Sergo Karapetyan, former agriculture minister, is accused of pocketing state-owned funds.
Other persons involved in the criminal case are Barsegh Beglaryan, owner of Flash LLC, Samvel Galstyan, former deputy agriculture minister, and Gevorg Harutyunyan, the chief of the ministry's division in charge of seed breeding, along with Serzh Sargsyan, are accused of complicity in gross asset embezzlement.
It has become known in the course of the investigation that over a period between January 25 and February 7, Karapetyan has pocketed around AMD 489.2 million, which had been allocated from the Armenian government's reserve fund under state-support programs for purchasing about 15.4 million liters of diesel.
The investigators insist that the criminal scheme was designed by Barsegh Beglaryan and organized by Serzh Sargsyan with the participation of Samvel Galstyan and Gevorg Harutyunyan.
The prosecutor general's office notes that the suspects or accused on criminal cases are considered innocent until proven guilty. -0---
The criminal case had been opened over embezzlement of state assets totaling more than $1 million.
Arevik Khachatryan said that Sergo Karapetyan, former agriculture minister, is accused of pocketing state-owned funds.
Other persons involved in the criminal case are Barsegh Beglaryan, owner of Flash LLC, Samvel Galstyan, former deputy agriculture minister, and Gevorg Harutyunyan, the chief of the ministry's division in charge of seed breeding, along with Serzh Sargsyan, are accused of complicity in gross asset embezzlement.
It has become known in the course of the investigation that over a period between January 25 and February 7, Karapetyan has pocketed around AMD 489.2 million, which had been allocated from the Armenian government's reserve fund under state-support programs for purchasing about 15.4 million liters of diesel.
The investigators insist that the criminal scheme was designed by Barsegh Beglaryan and organized by Serzh Sargsyan with the participation of Samvel Galstyan and Gevorg Harutyunyan.
The prosecutor general's office notes that the suspects or accused on criminal cases are considered innocent until proven guilty. -0---
