Armenian citizen pleads guilty of engaging in espionage
23.01.2010 17:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ General Prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepyan launched Friday
court proceedings over the case of former Defense Ministry employee
accused of high treason (particularly, espionage and illegal
acquisition and maintenance of arms).
The inquest data found Armenian citizen, former Defense Ministry
employee G. Hayrapetyan and Iranian citizen of Azeri decent B. Bageri
guilty of crimes prescribed by Section 1, Article 299 of RA Criminal
Code.

Hayrapetyan pleaded guilty during the trial, while Bageri didn’t,
General Prosecutor’s office says in a release.
Considering the nature of the case, the court satisfied the
Prosecutor’s motion for conducting the hearings behind closed doors.

In April 2009, Hayrapetyan was recruited by Azerbaijani intelligence
services. As it turned out later, he was engaged in collecting and
providing them with confidential information about the fighting
capacity of Armenia’s armed forces.
He received his last task from B. Bageri on September 1, 2009. As
watchword, the parties agreed to use the photo of Hayrapetyan’s
acquaintance.

Receiving Bageri in his apartment and getting from him an envelop
containing notes on his next task, Hayrapetyan gave the latter all the
materials that could be used for anti-Armenian propaganda. The
materials were found by NSS employees on Karchevan checkpoint
(Meghri). Law enforcers also found arms and armament in Hayrapetyan’s
house.