The person offering a bribe in the amount of AMD 80,000 to the patrol officers is detained
On November 20, 2023, A.S. was detained and submitted to the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic of Armenia on suspicion of offering a bribe to the officers of patrol service of the Police of RA Ministry of Internal Affairs and possession of prohibited drugs.
The Chairman of RA Anti-Corruption Committee received a visit from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to RA
The Chairman of RA Anti-Corruption Committee Sasun Khachatryan hosted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan Masanori Fukushima, who is completing his diplomatic mission in Armenia.
Two officials of Kentron administrative district were detained on charge of receiving a bribe, as well as the persons bribing them.
The preliminary investigation carried out in RA Anti-Corruption Committee under the criminal proceedings, justified that A. M., carrying out the position of the acting head of the Department of Economics at “Shirak State University named after M. Nalbandyan” Foundation since August 23, 2022, using the influence of his official powers, received funds at the amount of more than AMD 900,000 as a bribe for committing illegal actions in favor of a number of students in 2022-2023.
The preliminary investigation under the criminal proceedings has been completed against the head of the Department of Economics at Shirak State University, charged of receiving bribes of various sizes from about two dozen students
The preliminary investigation carried out in RA Anti-Corruption Committee under the criminal proceedings, justified that A. M., carrying out the position of the acting head of the Department of Economics at “Shirak State University named after M. Nalbandyan” Foundation since August 23, 2022, using the influence of his official powers, received funds at the amount of more than AMD 900,000 as a bribe for committing illegal actions in favor of a number of students in 2022-2023.
As a result of abusing official powers by the former mayor of Yerevan, damage was caused to Yerevan community in the amount of over 700 million AMD.
The preliminary investigation carried out by RA Anti-Corruption Committee under the criminal proceedings, justified that E.Z., holding the position of the mayor of Yerevan within the period from July 1, 2003 to March 4, 2009, abused his official powers, without proper legal grounds, made a decision to alienate an area of 31.780 sq.m., located at 1, Saralanj Street, Yerevan, owned by "Youth Palace" state closed joint-stock company and being a state-owned property, to "Avangard Motors" limited liability company at a price many times less than the cadastral value, as a result of which Yerevan community suffered a property damage in a particularly large amount of AMD 742,649,595.
Preliminary investigation has been completed against more than a dozen people, including officials of police and the inspection body of UTFS, accused in receiving bribes from drivers to allow the movement of overloaded trucks and other abuses.
According to the preliminary investigation carried out under the criminal proceedings by RA Anti-Corruption Committee, numerous episodes of bribery paid by drivers of trucks, driving along Yerevan-Meghri highway, to officials of the inspection body of urban, technical and fire safety of RA (UTFS), as well as the police, were revealed within the period from January to February 2023. As a result, a lot of overloaded vehicles exceeding the permitted maximum weight, passed through the stationary point of the inspection body of the UTFS, located in the community of Sisian without being weighed and without obstacles, and continued driving, as a result, the cover of the roadway of M-2 Yerevan-Meghri highway was damaged, and the offenses committed by the drivers were not recorded, and the persons were not brought to administrative responsibility.
The head of Nork-Marash cemetery is arrested on charge with taking a bribe in the amount of 4500 US dollars
As a result of the actions carried out by the operational-investigation department of RA Anti-Corruption Committee under the initiated criminal proceedings, factual information was obtained that H. Sh., holding the position of the head of the cemetery of Nork-Marash administrative district, SNPO “Special Service for the Population” of Yerevan Municipality, abusing his official powers in favor of V.K., namely with the purpose of burying the latter’s relative in Nork-Marash cemetery and providing a burial place at a preferred area, required and received on June 22, 2023, from V.K. a bribe in a large amount of 2,500 US dollars.
The head of the Martuni Military Police Territorial Unit of the RA Ministry of Defense was arrested on charges of receiving a bribe
As a result of the activities carried out by the operative-intelligence department of the RA Anti-Corruption Committee, factual data were obtained that the head of the Martuni Military Police Territorial Unit of the RA Ministry of Defense, E. A., received a bribe in a large sum of 570,000 AMD for committing an illegal act for the benefit of the person identified by the bribe payer.
Officials of the Bagratashen customs office of the RA SRC were arrested on charges of accepting bribes
As a result of operative-intelligence activities carried out jointly with the Yerevan City Department of the RA National Security Service on the criminal proceedings under investigation by the RA Anti-Corruption Committee, factual data were obtained that the chief customs inspectors of the customs point-department “Bagratashen” of the Eastern Customs Department of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia received a bribe for not subjecting the goods imported by “Intertrans” LLC to proper inspection and not registering a violation.
