According to the preliminary investigation conducted in the criminal proceedings initiated by the RA Anti-Corruption Committee, sufficient facts were obtained that V. N., occupying the position of the Deputy Mayor of Yerevan, based on personal and group interests, abusing his official powers, evaluated the participation applications of the participating companies in the conditions of not meeting the qualification criteria presented in the invitations of the tenders organized for the purpose of acquiring garbage collection and sanitary cleaning services in the western and eastern parts of the city of Yerevan, as sufficient, as a result of which significant damage was caused to the Yerevan community. In particular, due to the lack of technical, financial, professional and labor resources, the mentioned companies were not able to properly provide the services provided for in the contracts, but in exchange for incomplete, improper, and in some cases also not provided services, the Yerevan Municipality paid particularly large sums of 3.002.486.270 AMD.
In addition, in the conditions of not meeting the qualification criteria presented in the invitation to the tender organized for the procurement of waste removal and sanitary cleaning services by means of the invitation to the negotiation procedure by publishing the purchase announcement in advance, the participation applications of the participating companies, by the chairman of the commission V. N. rated them as satisfactory, for which H. N received as another advantage for his father, a particularly large property benefit as a bribe accepting the real estate registered under his name to be leased with a total rent of AMD 436,472,280, exceeding the amount of the long-term lease payments, and as a result, his father received a particularly large property benefit.
In particular, on April 13, 2015, about 15 days after signing the contract for the provision of waste collection and sanitary cleaning services in the eastern part of Yerevan city, a lease agreement was signed between Deputy Mayor of Yerevan V. N.’s father and “Sanitek International” Limited Liability Company on leasing the 2,708.1 square meter area located at number 2 of 3rd lane Shirak Street, Yerevan city, for a period of 10 years, with a monthly rent of 2,850,000 AMD equivalent to 6,000 US dollars. Within the framework of the signed contract, the amount to be paid monthly to H. N. after withholding the taxes specified by the RA tax legislation was AMD 2,565,000, and the total amount to be paid for ten years was AMD 307,800,000.
Then, on July 15, 2016, lease agreements were signed betweenH. N. and “Sanitek” LL company, for monthly rents of 646.2 square meters and 610.56 square meters located at 2/2, 3rd Lane, Shirak Street, Yerevan, with monthly rents of 476,410 and 715,000 AMD, respectively.
On October 3, 2019, the contracts for the purchase of waste collection and sanitary cleaning services signed with “Sanitek” companies were unilaterally terminated, and before that, V. N.’s father, H. N., as a bribe in the form of other advantage (property benefit), actually received about AMD 141,273,953 in property benefit.
For committing the above-mentioned crimes V. N. was charged under part 2 of article 308 and point 2 of part 4 of article 311 of the RA Criminal Code, in force at the time of committing the acts.
The preliminary investigation in criminal proceedings has been completed. The materials of the proceedings with the indictment were handed over 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.
