ArmInfo. The Committee of State Revenues (SRC) of Armenia initiated a criminal case on abuse of official powers, forgery and misappropriation or embezzlement during the construction of the training center of the Ministry of Finance "Dilijan".
As reported by the press service of the KGD, the Investigation Department of the department received the results of studies of the Office of State Secrets Protection of the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia on construction of a training center of the Ministry of Finance in Dilijan on July 16. " In the framework of the study, data were obtained on the abuse and theft in the construction process.
In the course of preparing the materials, factual data were received that authorized officials of the Ministry of Finance and the State Revenue Committee of Armenia, using their official position contrary to the interests of the service, on the basis of personal self-interest or other group interests, violating the requirements of the current legislation, without implementing the statutory law the procurement process, the conclusion of a contract, the establishment of preliminary estimates and the submission of justifications, as well as without a corresponding documentary Through the closed joint-stock company "Sahakyanshin" they carried out construction works of the training center in Dilijan. With respect to construction, as indicated, there was neither copyright nor technical quality control. Instead, during 2013-2015, in the conditions of the actual completion of the construction work, and in some cases with their partial completion, 6 purchase contracts were concluded with CJSC "Sahakyanshin" on the partial implementation of works on reconstruction costing 2 billion 356 million 455 thousand drams, after which, a few days later, a protocol was drawn up for the acceptance of the completed construction works and the executive acts, in those cases when it is practically impossible within one or several days to start and complete the construction work under type and volume.
During the preparation of materials, other factual data on the presence of other criminal acts were obtained. "On July 24, 208, the RA Criminal Investigation Department instituted criminal proceedings on the grounds of part 1, article 308 (Abuse of official powers), Part 1, Article 314 (Office fraud) and clauses 1 and 3, part 2 , Article 179 (Assignment or embezzlement) of the RA Criminal Code, "the ministry said.
The construction of the training center of the Ministry of Finance caused in due time loud discussions in connection with the costs, which the Ministry of Finance, through state funds, sends to its equipment. To make it clearer what kind of object it is, let's list some of its "advantages". There is one main building and a number of other buildings, 5 cottages with several bedrooms. There are spa centers, saunas, a restaurant, several cafes and tennis courts, a separate hotel. Furnished object, to put it mildly, is luxurious. Doors are Italian, wooden and armored, plates made from granite presses from the UAE, ceramic washbasins, toilets, bidets. Only one contract has paid 41 million drams for kitchen utensils: special forks for fish, others for steaks, chrome-plated cigar scrapers, ice spoons, shakers, 114 metal containers for napkins of 40,000 drams each, and each soap dish costs 60,000 dram. Each of the magnifying mirrors in the bathrooms costs $ 100, German curtains. The whole structure is faced with polished travertine. In a word, only according to official documents, 26 billion drams, or about 60 million dollars, were spent on all this from the state budget. Let's say for comparison that the construction of a huge hotel under the international brand in the center of Yerevan required $ 23 million.
Despite the fact that the Center was initially envisaged for the needs of tax and customs officials, in 2016, immediately after the change of government, the training center was transferred to state balance, taking into account the inexpediency of operating the Center from the State Revenue Committee and with the condition of its further transfer to the right to use another face. Further, a decision was made - the movable and immovable property of the center is transferred to the balance of the Ministry of Defense for organizing the military educational process of the Lyceum named after Monte Melconyan.