ArmInfo.Judge of the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan, Vahe Misakyan, has accepted a criminal case in which third president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan is involved. The office of the judge reports this.
It should be noted that the third president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan is accused of organizing embezzlement on an especially large scale - about 500 million drams.
We are talking about the state program approved in 2013 by the Government on more affordable acquisition of diesel fuel for spring agricultural work. According to the investigation, Sargsyan, having exceeded his official authority, facilitated the purchase of diesel fuel from Flash Ltd at higher prices.
Serzh Sargsyan was charged with paragraph 1 of part 3 of article 38-179 of the RA Criminal Code, former Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan - under paragraph 1 of part 3 of article 179 of the RA Criminal Code, head of Flash Ltd Barsegh Beglaryan - under paragraph 1 of part 3 of article 38-179 of the Criminal Code RA, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Samvel Galstyan and head of the crop production department of the same ministry Gevorg Harutyunyan - under clause 1 of part 3 of article 38-179 of the RA Criminal Code.