Former first deputy of State Protection Service of Armenia Vachagan  Ghazaryan charged

ArmInfo. Former first deputy of the RA State Security Service Vachagan Ghazaryan was charged on June 27.

As reported by the press-service of the CAS, Kazarian, in particular,  was charged under articlesfull 314 and 310 of the Criminal Code (forgery  and illegal participation in business activities). In particular,  Ghazaryan hid the real sum of his money from representatives of the  Ethics Committee, he also made money illegally.

During the searches that took place on June 20, representatives of  the National Security Service found 35 million drams, $ 1.110.400,  230.500 euros in Ghazaryan's apartment on Teryan Street, while $  2.000 was found in the garage of the latter during the search.

It was found that on June 25, $ 50,000 was cashed from Kazaryan's  account at Ardshinbank, and $ 120,000 and 436 million drams were  cashed from Unibank's account, after which Kazarian was delivered to  the National Security Service, and the above amounts were found with  him.

The investigation found that Ghazaryan concealed his money when  declaring income and property for 2017, which led to the fact that  during the reporting period, the increase in the amount of his  property significantly exceeded his legal income, and Ghazaryan  failed to substantiate this circumstance in a reasonable way , that  is, there is an illegal enrichment. In total, Ghazaryan found 460  million drams, $ 1,272,900, and 218,000 euros.

The investigator filed a petition with the court asking to use arrest  as a preventive measure against Kazaryan.