CRIMINAL CASE OPENED AGAINST EMPLOYEE OF PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 13, 2008

YEREVAN, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. By the May 8 decision of the RA
prosecutor general Aghvan Hovsepian, a criminal case was opened
against Hakob Simonian, an assistant prosecutor of Yerevan’s Arabkir
and Kanaker-Zeytun communities, based on the fact of taking a bribe
of a large amount (the RA Criminal Code’s Article 311 part 4 point
2), NT correspondent was informed by the RA prosecutor general’s
office. The case has been sent to the RA Special Investigation Service.

Resident of Yerevan Samvel Gareginian on April 28 submitted a report to
the National Security Service adjunct to the RA government. According
to the report, in the presence of S. Gareginian, assistant prosecutor
Hakob Simonian demanded 12 thousand dollars from Hrachia Karapetian
(he is S. Gareginian’s friend, his son Alexander Karapetian lives in
Germany and he came temporarily to Armenia in early December 2006) for
ending the search for A. Karapetian for military service evasion. In
the period before December 10, H. Simonian received 8 thousand dollars,
saying that he would take the rest of the money after completing the
case, while later he neither kept his promise nor returned the money.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress