Vahagn Vermishyan, the former head of the Urban Development Committee, was acquitted of 2 counts, but the 8-year prison sentence was not lifted. His defense attorney Alexander Kochubaev reports that. "The reason was the unequal power: 5 against 1.
Two prosecutors (Tsovak Mnatsakanyan, Davit Aghajanyan) and 3 judges (Karen Amiryan, Armen Hovhannisyan, Mesrop Makyan) were on the prosecution side of the case. We will give all other clarifications after receiving the A4 format papers marked "decision" by the last three," he said.
According to the accusation, Vahagn Vermishyan, occupying the position of the chairman of the Urban Development Committee since March 21, 2019, in the period from September to February 5, 2020, using his official position contrary to the interests of the service, abused his official powers and violated the requirements of Article 31 of the RA Law "On Public Service", engaged in entrepreneurial activities, and also received large and particularly large large-scale bribery, using the official position to fraudulently steal someone else's large-scale property.
