Monday, May 4 2020 12:33

ArmInfo.The son of the former head of the State Revenue Committee and the Ministry of Finance under Serzh Sargsyan's government Gagik Khachatryan - Gurgen Khachatryan was arrested by a court of general jurisdiction. This information  became known yesterday.

Gurgen Khachatryan, who is the co-founder of the Galaxy group of  companies and the chairman of the board of directors of the major  telecommunications company Ucom, is accused of complicity in  transferring a bribe. Earlier, the National Security Service  repeatedly searched the offices and apartments of the Khachatryan  family, as well as the office of the newly appointed director of  Ucom, Ara Khachatryan.

Last week, Ucom owners under investigation accused the Armenian  authorities of pressure to transfer assets. In response, the press  secretary of the Prime Minister of Armenia Mane Gevorgyan stated  that, according to the data of the Government of Armenia, the former  Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia  Gagik Khachatryan and his sons led the corrupt mafia structure  operating in Armenia for many years, as a result of which they  accumulated illegal funds of several hundred million dollars.

In addition, the government has information that the  former  president Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law, Mikael Minasyan, also has a  share of corruption origin in UCOM, and he is the de facto owner of a  part of the shares of Khachatryans. It was also noted that the sale  of shares of Khachatryans would be possible only if the entire amount  received for this sale was transferred to the state budget of  Armenia. To add, the final beneficiary of Ucom is the family of the  former super-minister - Minister of Finance and State Revenues  Committee Gagik Khachatryan. Today, both Gagik Khachatryan himself  and his sons and nephew (owners of Galaxy) are accused of  embezzlement on an especially large scale and abuse of official  powers. Gagik Khachatryan was charged under part 2 of article 308 of  the RA Criminal Code (misappropriation or embezzlement of funds on an  especially large scale) and part 2 of article 308 of the RA Criminal  Code (abuse of official authority entailing grave consequences  through negligence). Being a government official all his life,  Khachatryan became one of the richest people in the country. Ucom  enjoyed enormous informal privileges before the Velvet Revolution  and, for all the recent years, despite operating profit, worked with  huge balance sheet losses and, as a result, did not pay income taxes.