From 2008 to 2019, P.Y., having held the position of director of the "Karen Demirchyan Yerevan Metropoliten" PB company (hereafter, Metropoliten), used his official position to commit large and particularly large-scale embezzlement.
In particular:
PY signed an employment contract with his son on September 1, 2008, on the basis of which, his son became the deputy head of the "Communication and Signaling" branch of the Metropolitan, and from August 4, 2014 - the "Signaling and Communication" branch the positions of the head of the branch. PY, with the assistance of the chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Directors, received the unanimous approval of the members of the Board regarding the expropriation of the 944.5 square meter basement floor of the 76 Baghramyan Avenue building (communication house) of the Metropolitan Metropolis. Based on the letter of the board of directors of the company, on August 20, 2013, the Mayor of Yerevan wrote to the RA Prime Minister, proposing to instruct the relevant department to submit the mentioned area for expropriation through public bidding. On October 23, 2013, the appraiser of the "State Property Inventory and Appraisal Agency" made a false appraisal report. According to the report, the market value of the 944.5 square meter area as of October 12, 2013 was 106 million 850 thousand AMD. The appraiser intentionally did not include in the above-mentioned document the land plots with the areas of 19459 ha and 0.0038736 ha and their market values allocated for the area of the basement tax of the building. As a result, the property, whose real market value as of October 12, 2013 was 194 million 880 thousand AMD, was estimated at 106 million 850 thousand AMD. On December 4, 2013, the real estate was put up for auction, the starting price was 106 million 850 thousand AMD. No one (including the son of the director of the Metropolitan) participated in the first and second auctions held on December 4, 2013, and the property was not sold at auction. The son of the director of the Metro bought the real estate during the third auction, on December 26, 2013, for 75 million 393 thousand drams.
The director of the Metro with the help of his son stole 7 million 104 thousand drams, in another case, with the help of his son and his son's friend working in the Metro, 38 million 505 thousand drams.
The director of the Metro, at the request of the former deputy secretary of the Yerevan Municipality, hired three drivers who did not actually work for the company, instead, they served the above-mentioned official of the Municipality and his family members as drivers for years. In the period from August 2012 to October 2018, 11 million 147 thousand drams were paid to three drivers from the budget of the Metro, 11 million 887 thousand drams were allocated for gasoline, and 5 million drams were allocated for car maintenance. As a result, the director of the Metro wasted about 28 million drams.
From October 2009 to March 2019, the director of the Metro stole 110 thousand liters of gasoline worth 39 million 963 thousand AMD in different batches every month.
On July 1, 2015, the director of the Metro employed a citizen who did not attend work, did not fulfill his work duties, but received a salary of 7 million 120 thousand drams from the budget of the Metro in 2015-2018.
According to the contract signed on May 27, 2011, the director of the Metro employed another citizen, who also did not attend work, but received a salary of 4 million drams from the company's budget in 2011-2014.
On August 4, 2017, the director of Metropoliten signed a contract with the Armenian branch of the SP company on behalf of Metropoliten, violating the requirements of the "Procurement" law, without announcing and holding a tender, which was identical to the subject of the contract signed the previous year, but the value of the contract was 220,000 euros. there was more.
On September 12, 2024, the prosecutor initiated a public criminal prosecution against the director of the Metropolitan under Article 179, Part 3, Clause 1 of the Criminal Code adopted on 18.04.2003 (especially large-scale embezzlement) (section 7), effective According to points 2 and 3 of part 2 of Article 256 of the Criminal Code (using official or official powers or the influence caused by them to steal a large amount of entrusted property), against the son of the director of the Metropolitan, Article 38 of the Criminal Code adopted on 18.04.2003 Article 179, Part 3, Clause 1 (aiding especially large-scale embezzlement) (two paragraphs). Public criminal prosecutions were initiated against five more people. A 5 million dram bail was chosen as an alternative measure of restraint against the director of the Metro, and a restraining order against the son of the director of the Metro not to leave.
On October 15, 2024, the prosecutor approved the indictment and submitted the proceedings to the Anti-Corruption Court.
A property claim will be filed during the preliminary proceedings.
Notice: the person accused of a crime is considered innocent until his guilt is proven in accordance with the procedure established by the Code of Criminal Procedure by a legally binding court verdict.
