Pursuant to the judgment of conviction of the Anti-Corruption Court dated December 18, 2025, the former Director of the “Dzorak” Care Center SNCO (hereinafter referred to as the Center) — the accused S.Kh., was found guilty of accepting a bribe on a large scale and exceeding official authority.

The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that while holding the position of Director of the Center from December 27, 2014 to March 26, 2020, S.Kh., during a meeting held in his office in September 2019, demanded a bribe in the amount of USD 6,000 from V.T. and E.T. —— the aunts of the Center’s beneficiary A.T., in order to issue a power of attorney for the sale of a 2/3 share of the apartment belonging to A.T. and located on Gyulikekhvyanyan Street, Yerevan. It was agreed that USD 2,000 would be paid prior to issuing the power of attorney, and the remaining amount after the sale of the apartment.

In accordance with this agreement, S.Kh., the Director of the Center, received USD 2,000 and, in the absence of the required authorization from the guardianship and trusteeship authority (the Center, acting as A.T.’s guardian, had no right to conclude transactions for the alienation of the beneficiary’s property without such authorization), issued a power of attorney for a period of two years, authorizing A.T.’s aunt V.T., to act as the representative of the interests of the Center’s beneficiary A.T.

On July 6, 2020, a real estate sale and purchase agreement was concluded for the amount of AMD 12,063,000 drams, of which the 2/3 share was not allocated to A.T. or to the Center acting as his guardian.

At the initiative of the prosecutor, on September 12, 2024, public criminal prosecution was initiated against S.Kh. under points 2 and 3 of part 2 of Article 435 of the Criminal Code (accepting a bribe on a large scale for the purpose of connivance or patronage or any illegal action or inaction in favour of the briber or the person indicated thereby), as well as under Part 1 of Article 309 of the Criminal Code adopted on April 18, 2003 (exceeding official authority).

On September 24, 2024, the prosecutor approved the indictment against S.Kh. and submitted the case materials to the competent court.

After the judgment enters into legal force, the Prosecutor’s Office will take appropriate measures to have the sale and purchase agreement declared void.

Notice:  A person charged with any crime shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty in the manner prescribed by the RA Criminal Procedure Code—by the judgment came into legal force.