Friday, April 12 2019 17:41

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.