ArmInfo. The National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia as a result of complex operational-search measures and investigative actions taken in the framework of the implementation of its functions aimed at combating corruption, revealed cases of demands and bribe taking by the head of the Gavar territorial department of the Social Security Service of the Republic of Armenia.
According to preliminary data, the head of the Gavar territorial department of the Social Security Service of Armenia, preparing false official documents and entering with the use of them into the state pension system's database, false information related to work experience, to ensure a higher pension from January 2019 to this day demanded from pensioners and received a bribe from each in the amount of up to 300 thousand drams. In general, the amount received was 1,280,000 drams.
On June 19, at the moment of receiving a regular bribe in the amount of 210 thousand drams, the official and those giving a bribe were caught by the National Security Service of Armenia. The amount was found in the passport of the detained citizen.
On the fact of a visible crime, a criminal case has been initiated in the investigation department of the National Security Service of Armenia under the relevant articles of the RA Criminal Code. The official was charged, a preventive measure in the form of detention