ArmInfo. The court of general jurisdiction of the Kentron and Nork- Marash administrative districts of the city of Yerevan granted the request of the investigator of the investigative department of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia and decided to arrest Spayka director David Ghazarian for a period of 2 months.
The employees of the LLC reacted very rapidly - several hundred people gathered outside the court building for a protest rally in support of Ghazaryan. They called the court decision "shameful and unfair," and demand a meeting with the prime minister.According to the company's employees, they are satisfied with how David Ghazaryan supervised and today, after his arrest, see the threat as for the further functioning of LLC, where about 2500 registered employees work, but also for the whole agrosphere. "For a country that focuses on exports, it is unbecoming luxury to take such risks," said one of the company's employees.Protesters are chanting "We demand Nikola!".
On April 5, ArmInfo, citing the SRC, reported that the SRC Investigation Department revealed a case of non-payment of taxes by Spayka LLC in the amount of 7 billion drams (about $ 14.4 million). It was reported that only 01/01/2015 - 01/01/2016. the company, using shadow schemes and not declaring real data on imported goods within the time limits stipulated by law, did not submit the necessary customs declarations. "In fact, Spayka LLC, deliberately aiming not to pay the necessary taxes and duties, did not pay customs duties and taxes in the amount of 7,036,666,312 AMD (more than $ 14.4 million) to the state budget. For clarification the size of the damage caused to the state for the remaining months of 2016, as well as for the years 2017-2018, investigative and procedural actions are continuing, "said the SRC.
For committing these acts on April 4, 2019, David Ghazaryan was charged under part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (evasion of taxes, duties or other obligatory payments exceeding a thousand times the minimum wage set at the time of crime). On the same day, the Investigation Department of the SRC sent a petition to the court of first instance of general jurisdiction of Yerevan on the application of a measure of restraint in the form of arrest against Ghazaryan, which was considered on April 5.