ArmInfo. On the fact of the abuses connected with the name of the former head of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan, the criminal case was instituted according to several articles of the RA Criminal Code.
A criminal case was instituted on the grounds of part 2 of article 315 (negligence, which entailed grave consequences due to negligence), part 3 of article 179 (assignment on an especially large scale), part 2 of article 325 (forgery of documents by a group of persons) and part 2 of article 214 (abuse of authority employees of commercial or other organizations, entailing grave consequences) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia. The Press Service of the Investigative Committee confirmed that the IC has received the case. To recall, last week, law enforcement officers raided the house and other facilities owned by Ruben Hayrapetyan. According to media publications, in 2012-2018 Hayrapetyan acted as the organizer of repair and construction work in the stadiums and sports schools of the republic. At the same time, fraudulent acts were drawn up regarding the work carried out, which allowed the appropriation of funds in especially large amounts. To note, Hayraptyan headed the Football Federation of Armenia for several years, and after the "velvet revolution" he resigned. On September 22, 2018, then Director of the NSS, Arthur Vanetsyan, was elected head of the FFA. On November 21 of this year, after the devastating defeat of the Armenian team at a match with Italy during the qualifying round of Euro 2020 with a score of 1: 9, Vanetsyan resigned.