CRIMINAL CASE OPENED BASED ON FACT OF UPWARD DISTORTIONS DURING ARIN-BERD RESTORATION WORK

Noyan Tapan
July 29, 2009

YEREVAN, JULY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The State Interest Protection Department
of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case based
on the fact of an embezzlement through upward distortions during the
restoration work at Erebuni residence (Arin-Berd).

By the agreement signed between the RA Ministry of Culture and
Aragatsotn CJSC on June 19, 2008, the indicated company was to
implement restoration work at Arin-Berd under the Restoration of
Monuments program. According to the press service of the RA Prosecutor
General’s Office, in August-November 2008, Aragatsotn CJSC’s director
L. Ghukasian made upward distortions of the work volumes by entering
obviously false information in the official reports on handing-over
and acceptance of the work and using that information. Based on
the reports, he received 1 million 196.2 thousand drams (about 3.3
thousand USD) from the Ministry of Culture and embezzled this money.

Based on the fact, the State Interest Protection Department of the
RA Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal case under the RA Criminal
Code’s Articles 178 Part 2 Point 2 and Article 325 Part 1. The case
has been sent to the RA Police for investigation.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress