Monday, April 8 2019 18:34

ArmInfo. The State Revenue  Committee (SRC) of Armenia made a new statement on the situation  around the criminal case against Spayka CEO David Ghazaryan.   Armenia's SRC urges not to manipulate public opinion and not to exert  unlawful influence on the course of the investigation.

SRC of Armenia recalls, that these days they had already made public  statements, and within the acceptable limits provided information on  violations that the head of the company had committed. "Taking into  account the confidentiality and the procedure of the preliminary  investigation, the publication of other data on the Spayka LLC case  and its associated subsidiaries is currently not allowed. In this  regard, we urge not to manipulate public opinion and not to have an  unlawful impact on the course of the investigation", the statement of  the SRC, received by ArmInfo, reads.

Earlier, the court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash  administrative districts of  Yerevan granted the request of the  investigator of the investigative department of the State Revenue  Committee of Armenia and decided to arrest Spayka's director David  Ghazaryan 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 action in support of Ghazaryan. They called  the court decision "shameful and unfair," and demanded a meeting with  the prime minister. Then the protest continued in front of the RA  government building.

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 between Jan 1, 2015  and Jan 1, 2016 the  company, using shadow schemes and not declaring real data on imported  goods within the time limits provided 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 drams (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, "SRC informed. 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.