ArmInfo. Susanna Aristakesyan, the former chief accountant of the restaurant complex <Yans>, claims that the owner of the restaurant, the former head of security of the third president of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, Major General Vachagan Ghazaryan extorted money from her. This, in particular, is about 40 million drams. She told about it today at a press conference.
Aristakesyan said that in 2013, Ghazaryan's spouse Ruzanna Beglaryan, who owns "Yans", accused her of theft. <She said that I robbed them, suggesting that I either commit suicide, or pay 40 million drams, or go to court. Her husband Vachagan Ghazaryan made a <seductive> offer to pay 40 million drams and go to jail, "said Aristakesyan.
Based on the message of Vachagan Ghazaryan and his wife, a criminal case was initiated against the accountant, the woman was invited to the 6th Police Department and was surprised to learn that although Ghazaryans demanded 40 million drams from her before, the lawsuit recorded the amount of 25 million drams.
According to Aristakesyan, out of fear for Ghazaryan, who, in her own words, often severely beat people, she decided to pay that amount. "At first I paid 6 million drams, then, without being freed from prosecution, I sold the property and paid another 34 million drams," the former accountant assured.
Aristakesyan's husband who also attended the press conference, said that in order to extort money, Vachagan Ghazaryan even invited him to the presidential residence, where he worked as head of Serzh Sargsyan's security at the time.
It is noteworthy that the searches in the "Yans" complex, as a result of which a case against Kazaryanov was initiated, began after the corresponding application of Aristakesyan to law enforcement agencies after the velvet revolution. Grigory Ghazaryan provided the law enforcement bodies with recordings of conversations by Vachagan Ghazaryan.
Despite all this, Aristakesyan and her husband complain that the case against Vachagan Ghazaryan and Ruzanna Beglaryan has not been moving for a year now, which is why they turn to journalists. She also assured that the investigators investigating the case were told that even in the event of proof of Ghazaryan's guilt, the 40 million paid by them would still not be returned because there is no evidence that they had been transferred to Ghazaryan. Aristakesyan and the spouse have already appealed to the National Security Service, challenging the inaction of the SIS investigator, and now they are waiting for the steps of the National Security Service.
To recall, the former first deputy head of the State Security Service of the National Security Service Vachagan Ghazaryan and his spouse Ruzanna Beglaryan opened a criminal case on the fact of the alleged crime provided for in paragraph 1 of part 3 of article 190 of the RA Criminal Code on property legalization on a large scale, obtained by criminal means (laundering of money).
According to the factual data obtained during the preliminary investigation of the criminal case investigated in the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia, the spouses V. Ghazaryan and R. associated with the activities of this complex organized tax evasion on a large scale between 2013 and May 2018 - more than 771 million AMD of RA.
According to the above-mentioned factual data, V. Ghazaryan and R. Beglaryan, pursuing the goal of hiding or distorting the criminal origin of these funds, acting on preliminary agreement, converted the proceeds obtained by criminal means in especially large amounts, investing them in various banks operating in Armenia, and in the form of accrued interest, he earned income, and also acquired real estate for the indicated funds, renting it out and receiving income.
Vachagan Ghazaryan was detained at the moment he left the bank after cashing money. At the request of the preliminary investigation body, the court of first instance applied a preventive measure in the form of arrest to him. Subsequently, he was released on bail of $ 2 million.