The former senior prosecutor is accused of taking bribes in  especially large amounts

ArmInfo.The special investigative service of Armenia within the framework of the criminal case initiated in 2012, charged the former senior prosecutor with  forgery of documents, appropriation of property, bribery in 2017.

As the press service of the Special Investigative Service informs, in  2012 citizen Sergei Apoyan with a view to obtaining a loan of $  40,000 presented a false certificate of ownership. Meanwhile, the  senior prosecutor of Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun administrative  districts Khachatur Baghdasaryan demanded a bribe of $ 9,000 from  Apoyan by means of Arthur Ghukasyan's mediator, in order not to bring  the case into production. On 3 and 4 September 2012, the senior  prosecutor personally, through an intermediary, in parts, received  from Apoyan $ 8,000 and $ 1,000.

In connection with the serious crime committed, the taking of a bribe  on a large scale, on September 10, Baghdasaryan was brought to the  case as an accused, but the latter ran from the investigation, as a  result of which he was put on the wanted list.

Baghdasaryan was identified by law enforcement bodies of Ukraine, and  on November 24, 2017, accompanied by police officers, was taken to  Armenia. On the same day, the Special Investigation Service of  Armenia decided to resume the criminal case on the basis of the  wanted person's identification.  Baghdasaryan was charged with the  provision of bribery in especially large amounts provided for in  paragraphs 2 and 4 of paragraph 311 of the RA Criminal Code.