TWELVE OFFICIALS ARRESTED
Support A1+!Twelve people were arrested in connection with criminal case against registration of real estate right via using false receipts. There are high-rank officials among them who pocketed 1, 5 milliard AMD from ordinary citizens.
Eight more citizens are under search, among them representatives of state establishments. Sona Truzyan, press secretary of RA General Prosecutor’s Office, affirmed this information. She said preliminary investigation revealed 200 cases. As a result of the investigation they learned that 1, 5 milliard AMD taken by citizens wasn’t entered the state budget.
According to our refined data, a group of sly officials including the names of ordinary workers, chief specialist and even the heads of Cadastre sub-departments, came to an agreement to fraud certificates and embezzle great sums of money in this way. As a result of it, citizens or legal figures who tried to register their property in the Cadastre were cheated by the crafty officials who suggested making bank payment for them. Thus, only 1/3 taken from the citizens was entered into state budget. The rest of the money the officials put in their pockets. By the way, the receipts of “Areksinbank” and “Armkhnaybank” were falsified.
R. Eghiazaryan, head of the Davitashen Cadastre department, A. Sargsyan, chief specialist of the Erebuni registration department, A. Khachatryan, chief specialist of legal department of the Ministry of Energy, H. Ghambaryan, operator of “ArmPost” LTD delivery service as well as Armen Zakaryan, head of the coordinating department of Cadastre State Committee are among the crafty officials.
The investigation is under way. The above-mentioned people are accused according to the 1st provision of Article 178 of the RA Criminal Code and 1st provision of Article 203 for the embezzlement of great sums of money and forgery of documents. They will probably be sentenced to 9-year imprisonment.
