ArmInfo. The office of the ex-MP frm the Republican Party, former head of the Compulsory Enforcement Service of Judicial Acts Mihran Poghosyan, who was wanted in the criminal case initiated against him, made a new statement in which he informed the street address of Mihran Poghosyan's stay.
Appealing to the authorities, the Poghosyan office, in particular, stated: "Do not waste public resources trying to find the location of Mihran Poghosyan, because before he left the country he told you about it. Moreover, we will publish a street address of residence of Poghosyan and for the general public - Moscow, Mosfilmovskaya street 70, building 1, apt. 139. Poghosyan provided the SIS investigator and his Moscow telephone number>.
To note, in response to the SIS's statement about the initiation of the case against Poghosyan, yesterday his office made another statement, in which it was noted that for 9 months, the current authorities have tried to make us believe in the "legend that Poghosyan's account is 800 million dollars".
"To recall in an offshore scandal, the case was started under the previous authorities. And then, and now, the same investigator did the case, and after a year of investigation of the crime, he never found it. And it turns out that $ 800 million attributed to Poghosyan a fiction that was aimed at denigrating his name and reputation. For a long time, the public was told that hundreds of millions of dollars had accumulated as a result of offshore operations in Poghosyan's accounts. Meanwhile, the same International Bank, allegedly involved in these operations, denied this apparent misinformation. However, this important circumstance was ignored. And today, having found nothing in the framework of the "offshore scandal", Mihran Poghosyan was credited with a new accusation - embezzlement of several million drams. And where did 800 million dollars go, for which they had been trumpeting for 2 years, "the Pogosyan's office asked, adding that the current authorities are aiming not to achieve justice, but to attribute charges to him at any cost.
At the same time, in the office emphasize that Mihran Poghosyan will fight for the restoration of justice by all legal means.
Mihran Poghosyan is accused of abuse of power and embezzlement on a particularly large scale. According to the prosecution, Mihran Poghosyan, since 2008. June 11, occupying the position of chief enforcement officer of the judicial acts of the Republic of Armenia, the person who ensures his personal safety has appointed the first category consultant of the operations department of the enforcement of the central body of the Compulsory Enforcement Service of RA, and the personal driver the leading adviser of the same department.
They did not go to work, instead they carried out personal orders of Migran Poghosyan, but received a total of salary and bonuses in the amount of 44,199,463 drams.
In addition, Mihran Poghosyan, using his official position, concluded contracts for the purchase of goods and the provision of services with organizations managed by himself through proxies. So, during 2011- 2016 with the state funds entrusted Catherine Group company he founded with a total value of 211.158.000 drams. Moreover, according to the SIS, 20 out of 32 cars were purchased at a price of 20,000,000 drams higher than the real value of their sale, as a result of which property damage in especially large amounts was caused to the legitimate interests of the state.
Moreover, in 2011, Mihran Poghosyan, through the citizens of foreign countries, founded the business companies Hopkinten Trading Incorporated and Sigtem Real Estate Incorporated in Panama, and in October of the same year instead of foreign directors of companies with his direct participation in relevant positions appointed persons close to him. Then Mihran Poghosyan participated in the management of the aforementioned organizations registered in the Panamanian offshore zone through trustees, as a result of which the latter founded other companies in Armenia, including Best Realty LLC.
Mihran Poghosyan, taking advantage of his office, and providing benefits, protected the organization, actually managing it from April 2014, concluded an agreement on real estate and movable property valuation with Compulsory Enforcement Service of the MJ RA in 2014-2016, with the result that 43.890.000 AMD was paid out by the Service provided to the indicated organization.