NSS Head: expenses of Yerevan fund reached over 2bln AMD

ArmInfo. According to strictly  preliminary calculations, embezzlement in the "Yerevan" fund is  estimated at 1 billion 807 million AMD. On August 9, head of the  National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan  stated in an interview with journalists.

According to Vanetsyan, this is indicated by the preliminary  calculations of the relevant division of the Ministry of Finance of  Armenia implemented in the Yerevan Foundation.

To note, in the case of abuses in the "Yerevan" fund, whose chairman  was ex-mayor Taron Margaryan, on June 14 the deputy head of the  Davitashen administrative district Khachatur Karapetyan and the fund  manager Ashot Khazaryan were detained. However, the court of first  instance decided to release Karapetyan and Khazarian from custody. A  day earlier, the NSS press center reported that the citizens of V.G.  and A.Kh. there was a signal that officials of the mayor's office for  granting permission to build and formalize property rights, in  addition to the payments established by law, required to transfer  large sums to the accounts of the "Yerevan" fund. During the  preparation of the materials it was found out that under this  pretext, a part of the money received by hand was not paid to the  fund's account, but was appropriated. On the basis of reports of the  crime, a criminal case was instituted in accordance with Part 2 of  Article 308 (abuse of official powers, which resulted in grave  consequences by negligence) and Article 178, part 1 (fraud committed  through the use of official position). Within the framework of the  criminal case, a search was conducted in the office of the Yerevan  Foundation, located in the building of the mayor's office, as the  head of the National Security Service Arthur Vanetsyan stated to  journalists on June 18 that there were enough grounds for the court  to decide on the arrest of the director of the infamous " Yerevan,  "but the court made a different decision, and the National Security  Service does not have the right to interfere in the work of the  judicial bodies." However, Vanetsyan said, this does not mean that  the work done at the Yerevan Foundation and the violations found  there are forgotten. "We continue Work, and you will see a lot in the  near future. e time ", - he said Vanetsyan conducted large-scale  operational-search and investigative measures to establish the  circumstances of defrauding money from citizens, spending, goals and  establishing the legality of actions.