ArmInfo.The employees of the National Security Service of Armenia, in the framework of combating economic crimes, revealed a number of cases of abuse of official position or assistance to such abuses by a number of high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Justice of Armenia from 2011 to 2015, which were accompanied by serious damage to the legitimate interests of the state and had serious consequences.
According to the press service of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, factual evidence was obtained that, in accordance with the decisions of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, one of the business entities involved in construction works was allowed to carry out work to strengthen the foundations and fences in the Kentron administrative district of Yerevan, as well as construction of three floors of the same building, the "Abovyan" penitentiary prison of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and repair work in Yerevan school N 47 for a total of about 870 million drams. It was agreed that in return for this the constructor will receive a basement, ground floor and partially a land plot of the same building in the center of Yerevan with a total area of 925.65 square meters, as well as permission to build the 5th floor and the roof of the building with an area of 821 sq. Within the framework of the process, the responsible employees of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia, having a personal interest and based on group interests, assisted by other persons, abusing their official powers, using their official position contrary to the interests of the civil service, drafted and approved official fake documents that formed the basis for the transfer of real estate to the constructor . Moreover, on December 23, 2014, an act of state registration of the above property was drawn up for the developer, and a permit was issued for the construction of the 5th floor and loft in the above building.
According to the NSS, in addition, in the course of the aforementioned construction works, in 2013, an illegal request was sent to the director of a construction company by an employee of the Ministry of Justice for the provision of building materials for home repairs to a relative of a senior official. Fulfilling the requirements, the indicated person provided construction materials worth 480,000 drams. ''These actions not only violated the normal functioning of the state body, did not fulfill the requirements of the government's decision, but also led to the alienation of real estate belonging to the Republic of Armenia, which led to serious consequences. In addition, from April 2011 to April 2015, as a result of abuse of official powers by officials of the Ministry of Justice, the person holding the driver's position in the Ministry of Justice was also registered for other positions for regular vacancies, while not fulfilling them. Damage to the state amounted to 1. 841.000 drams, "the department noted, stressing that a criminal case has been instituted on the fact, an investigation is underway.