ArmInfo.Former Minister of Nature Protection of Armenia Aram Harutyunyan is accused of taking bribes on a large scale. As reported by the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia, Harutyunyan is charged under paragraph 4 of Part 2 of Art. 311 (receiving a bribe by an official in especially large amounts for knowingly unlawful action or inaction in favor of the bribe giver or the person he represents) and p. 1 part 3 of art. 190 (legalization of income in especially large amounts obtained by illegal means) of the Criminal Code of Armenia.
Harutyunyan received a bribe from a businessman in the amount of $ 14 million to provide a license to operate the mines: 6 million were transferred through people close to the minister in cash, and 8 million were transferred to different accounts in the UAE. After that, Harutyunyan transferred the money to a Swiss bank and began to transfer it in small amounts on the accounts of the company, which belongs to a person close to him and conducts entrepreneurial activity in Armenia. Aram Harutyunyan is wanted.