Former Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee and Former RA Minister of Finance G. Khachatryan is charged with embezzlement, aiding and abetting money laundering, abuse of office, bribery, and large-scale fraud.
In the scope of the criminal case investigated by the investigated department of the RA NSS, G. Khachatryan, former Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee of the RA and former Minister of Finance of the RA is charged for embezzlement, squandering and its organization, assisting in money-laundering with abuse of official position, receiving bribe in large amount, official fraud under Article 179, part 3, point 1 in 2 episodes, Article 38-179, part 3, point 1, Article 38-190, part 3, point 1, Article 308 part 2 with 3 episodes, Article 311, part 4, point 2 and Article 314, part 1 of the RA Criminal Code.
The damage caused to the state in the result of 9 episodes of crimes assigned to Gagik Khachatryan and the amount of bribe is about 20 billion AMD.
Karen Khachatryan, the Head of the Internal Security Department the RA SRC and the RA MF and the relative of Gagik Khachatryan was charged under Article 179, part 3, point 1 and Article 314, part 1 of the RA Criminal Code for committing squandering and official fraud in large amount with prior agreement with abuse of official position.
The property belonging to the accused was seized in the course of pre-trial proceedings according to the law in order to ensure the possible confiscation of property, recovery, judicial costs and the compensation of the damage caused.
The preliminary investigation of the mentioned criminal case on Gagik Khachatryan and Karen Khachatryan is completed. The Deputy Head of the Department of Supervision over Legality of Pre-trial Proceedings in the RA National Security Service of the RA General Prosecutor's Office has approved the indictment on August 14, 2020 and has sent it to the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan City for further examination.
The preliminary investigation of the criminal case on Gagik Khachatryan's son and others investigated by the RA NSS Investigation Department is underway. Effective measures with the use of permissible tools of criminal procedure are undertaken to detect other criminal offenses committed by the officials of the State Revenue Committee adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia, officials of the Ministry of Finance or people linked with them, to find out the full scope of criminal actions, which have been developed for many years, prosecute and recover the enormous property damage caused to the state. In the framework of that case the RA law enforcement bodies actively cooperate with the competent bodies of foreign countries.
Notice: Every person suspected in or charged with a criminal offense shall be presumed innocent unless proved guilty in the manner prescribed by the RA Criminal Procedure Code and unless the verdict comes into legal force.
