According to the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings investigated in the Anti-Corruption Committee, it was substantiated that E. S. the bodyguard of the former chief enforcer M. P. and his driver H. B. assisted M.P. in embezzlement in a wasteful way of about 44 million AMD from the state budget funds.

In particular, during the preliminary investigation, it was found that M.P. appointed his personal bodyguard E.S. (from September 2008 to April 2016) as the first-class consultant of the operative division of the Judicial acts enforcement service and his personal driver H.B. (from November 3, 2009 to April 2016) as a senior consultant in the same division, but assigned them to ensure his personal security instead of exercising their powers set by the law. In other words, E. S. and H. B. did not actually attend work in the operational division, but always accompanied the former chief enforcer M. P., carried out his personal assignments, and without fulfilling the functional duties arising from the relevant position, they received a salary and equivalent payments from the RA state budget.

As a result, using his official position M. P. embezzled from the state budget a total of AMD 22,117,820 for E. S., and 21,754,643 AMD for H.B.

For the above-mentioned criminal acts, H. B. and E. S. was charged under point 1 of part 3 of article 38-179 of the former Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.

The preliminary investigation in the criminal proceedings is over. The materials of the proceedings with the indictment were sent to the supervising prosecutor with a request to approve it and send it to the court.

Notification. the person accused of a crime is considered innocent until his guilt is proven in accordance with the procedure established by the RA Criminal Procedure Code by a verdict entered into legal force.