On February 19, 2025, the Prosecutor handed over to the competent court for participating in the criminal organization created by the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See, M.M., to perform money laundering, to create a legal entity and to carry out illegal activities by using it.criminal proceedings with a confirmed indictment against three more persons accused of particularly large-scale tax evasion.
In the criminal proceedings investigated by the Investigative Committee under the supervision of the Department for Crimes Against the Economic Activities of the General Prosecutor's Office, it was found thatthat M.M., the former ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Holy See, together with L.A., T.E., M.V. and other persons, as part of a criminal organization, with the prior agreement of G.H. and with the assistance of other persons, carried out illegal activities by creating a legal entity and using it. In addition, M.M.Within the framework of the agreement with the heads of a number of resident companies of the Republic of Armenia, he expressed his willingness to use his Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Holy See, the Ambassador of Armenia to the Martial Sovereign Covenant of Malta, in exchange for receiving particularly large amounts of illegal remuneration from the SAMTELL organization he owns.The factor of being a member of the family of the President of the Republic of Armenia and the influence caused by them. As a result, the Armenian account of the non-resident organization created to hide prohibited activities was replenished with 6 billion 103 million 104 thousand AMD, 12 million 795 thousand USD,952 million 281 thousand Russian rubles and 1700 euros.
As a result of the above activities, RA resident companies caused a loss of 1 billion 504 million 382 thousand AMD to the state in the form of unpaid taxes.
To the account of the organization created to carry out illegal activities in 2013-2018The above-mentioned particularly large sums of money transferred by various resident and non-resident companies, as well as by individuals affiliated with M.M., generated as a result of cash deposit transactions: 6 billion 103 million 104 thousand AMD, 12 million 795 thousand US dollars,952 million 281 thousand Russian rubles and 1700 euros were cashed out by persons affiliated with M.M. A part of them was deposited in cash by a number of persons and mixed with the funds of a number of resident and non-resident organizations affiliated with M.M.one of the companies, represented by the founder and director B.S., the chief accountant A.M., by mixing the received funds with other funds received on the account of that company, which are not justified by the company's legal activity and are of criminal origin,11 billion 154 million 994 thousand AMD was invested in "Velofirma" SP company ("Double Tree by Hilton Hotel"), as a result legalizing particularly large sums of criminal origin.
The preliminary investigation also proved that M.M. and L.A.being the de facto head and person in charge of the fuel wholesale company, which received state registration on December 17, 2012, was organized by the participants of the criminal organization, from November 18, 2014, the director of the company T.E., the chief accountant of the company A.M.including distorted data in the calculation submitted to the tax authority in order to avoid paying taxes of 396 million AMD.
In particular, M.M., being the de facto head of the company engaged in wholesale trade of fuel, together with L.A., the de facto person in charge of the company's activities,possessing the real data of the company's taxable profit during 2019, instructed the company's director T.E. and chief accountant A.M. to submit distorted data to the tax authority, to avoid paying particularly large amounts of taxes, and directed the execution of the mentioned crime.
In order to carry out the criminal intent, T.E. and A.M., being responsible for organizing the accounting records and submitting financial reports of "Kapreko" PB company and complying with a number of other requirements stipulated by the law,On amending the contract signed on November 5, 2014 with the above-mentioned company and "Zangezuri Copper-Molybdenum Combine" PB Company, on the basis of the agreement signed on January 17, 2017, 1 billion 980 million AMD advance payment was received from "Zangezuri Copper-Molybdenum Combine" PB Company for the current yearin order to avoid paying the 396 million AMD profit tax received after the conclusion of the above-mentioned agreement, T.E. and A.M.converted the above-mentioned amount transferred to the account of the company mentioned in the product supply agreement into a loan amount, after which, in violation of the requirements of Articles 53 and 104 of the Tax Code,In the annual income tax calculation for 2018 and 2019, they entered distorted data.
On February 19, 2025, the public prosecutor confirmed the indictment against T.E., A.M. and M.V. and submitted the proceedings materials to the criminal court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan city.
