ArmInfo.The Criminal Court of Appeal today upheld the decision of the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan on the arrest of the director of the Spike company David Ghazaryan as a preventive measure. One of his defenders, Arsen Sardaryan, told reporters about this.
According to the lawyer, the court rejected the petition for release of Ghazaryan on bail, explaining that he accepted as the basis the fact that David Ghazaryan, while at large, could interfere with the preliminary investigation.Recall, the State Revenue Committee on April 5 said that the large carrier of agricultural products, Spayka, had not fulfilled its tax obligations as a result of hiding taxes, causing damage to the state in the amount of 7 billion 36 million drams.
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 drams (more than $ 14.4 million) from the entrepreneurial activity.Referring to the criminal case filed against Spike's director Nikol Pashinyan noted: "The criminal case was instituted under an article that concerns the concealment of taxes. And if the director of the company takes responsibility and pays taxes, he will be able to go about his business. We have there is no goal to fill the prisons, "concluded Prime Minister Pashinyan.