According to the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings initiated by the RA Anti-Corruption Committee on the basis of the materials received from the military police of the RA Ministry of Defense, it was found that occupying the position of the commander of the battalion of the N military unit of the RA Ministry of Defense M. M. using his official and official powers, as well as the influence caused by them, both personally and with the help of the commander of one of the platoons of his battalion, stole material and property resources worth a total of about 4 million AMD entrusted to them.
In the course of preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings initiated as a result of the operative-investigative measures carried out by the officers of the RA Anti-Corruption Committee cases of receiving bribes by the officials of the RA SRC, committing official forgery, as well as receiving illegal remuneration by a former employee of the SRC were revealed.
Based on the evidence obtained in the course the criminal proceedings carried out in the RA Anti-Corruption Committee it was justified that an official of Syunik marz territorial division of the conscription and recruitment service of RA Ministry of Defense demanded and received a total of USD 28,000 in the form of bribes from various persons for taking actions in favor of conscripts and protectionism.
As part of a complex and large-scale criminal proceedings conducted by RA Anti-Corruption Committee, as a result of pre-developed urgent, secret investigative actions and implemented operational investigative activities, a case of receiving a bribe in a particularly large amount of USD 150,000 by a judge RA Court for Bankruptcy Cases, was disclosed.
The Chairman of RA Anti-Corruption Committee, Sasun Khachatryan, received Michael Wasco, the Senior Adviser on Justice Issues of the US State Department, as well as Alexis Haftvani, the Director of the U.S. Embassy Yerevan’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), and Christina Afoyan, the Head of the INL Criminal Justice Reform Program.
The Chairman of RA Аnti-corruption Committee received the delegation led by Richard Nephew, Coordinator of the US State Department on Global Anti-corruption. The delegation also included Kristen Fresonk, the head of the US State Department's Global Anti-Corruption Coordination Group, Chip Laitinen, the US Deputy Ambassador to Armenia, and Alexis Haftvani, the Director of Cooperation Program of the US Embassy in Armenia on fight against narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL).
Based on evidences obtained in the course of the preliminary investigation under the criminal proceedings carried out by RA Anti-Corruption Committee, it was justified that an official of one of the municipal departments of Armavir marz, using his authorized and official powers and the influence they exert, to commit actions in favor of R.S., namely, to expropriate 22 ha plot of land owned by the given community without obstacles and delays, through an auction, in the period from July to August 2023, in addition to state duties, demanded a bribe in a particularly large amount of USD 42,000, equivalent to AMD 16,202,760, however, R.S. bargained and promised to give the official USD 17,000.
Based on the preliminary investigation under the criminal proceedings initiated in the General Investigation Department of RA National Security Service and carried out in RA Anti-Corruption Committee, it was justified that T. M., holding the position of head of the department for organizing works with the management bodies of public utilities and multi-apartment buildings of the office of the head of Kentron administrative district of Yerevan city, having entered into a prior agreement with an employee of the same department A.H., as part of a group, they received bribes from various people in the amount of a total of AMD 1 million 750 thousand.
The preliminary investigation carried out in RA Anti-Corruption Committee under the criminal proceedings justified that K. G., holding the position of the chief specialist of the department of urban planning, land construction, agriculture and real estate management of Abovyan municipality of Kotayk marz, using his official powers and the influence caused by them, received a bribe for illegal inaction in favor of A. M. and the person specified by him.
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