"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"Arsen Hakobyan, the deputy head of the Ararat community, who almost 3 years ago was embroiled in a big scandal because of his son, declared 9 individual residential houses as sole property in 1 declaration. Let us inform you that Hakobyan has been in office since 2021.
According to the annual declaration of the first deputy mayor of Ararat for 2024, the latter declared 14 immovable properties as sole ownership: 8 individual residential houses were inherited on the same day in 2006, 2 garages were acquired in 2007, 2 public buildings were acquired in 2010. 1 plot of land and 1 more individual residential house were acquired in 2023, but in the previous declaration, the data about the purchase, the price and the other side of the transaction, are unknown.
"Zhoghovurd" daily reported that all 14 real estates are located in Ararat city. Hakobyan declared 3 cars: a DAF truck, a SAMRO semi-trailer with different load capacity and a MERCEDES-BENZ car. In 2024, SAMRO sold for 15 million drams. However, at the end of the year, the DAF truck disappeared from the list of available vehicles. it is not clear what happened. Arsen Hakobyan declared 7.5 million worth of gold jewelry received as a donation in 1994.
As for Hakobyan's cash resources, in 2024 they decreased from 29 million drams to 11 million drams at the end of the year, 70 thousand rubles decreased to zero, and 23 thousand dollars became 13 thousand dollars.
Let us inform you that despite this property, Arsen Hakobyan's only annual income is the salary from the staff of the Ararat municipality, 5 million 270 thousand drams per year. Hopefully, the corruption prevention commission will investigate this story of who inherited 8 houses from this official in 1 day."
Details in today's issue of "Zhoghovurd" daily.
