The Prosecutor General`s Office initiated 12 criminal cases of abuse  in the Shirak region

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office initiated 12 criminal cases of abuse in the Shirak region. This was reported by the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office.

According to the source, the abuses, in particular, are related to  the leasing of state property. Moreover, then, people who rented this  property again handed it over to telecom operators. Cases of abuse of  power by former and current heads of 11 communities have been  identified.

Since 2004, state or communal agricultural land has been leased to  community leaders, their relatives or subordinates at significantly  lower prices than their market price. Then, a small part of these  land plots was ten-fold more expensive leased to a telecom operator.  Tenants made big profits by depriving communities of this financial  source.

Damages in the amount of 94 609 107 drams were caused to communities,  of which as of May 20, 12 250 000 drams were restored.  The suspects  and the accused voluntarily or partially compensated for the damage,  therefore a preventive measure was applied to the. In the case of  three communities, lease agreements were terminated. In 2 criminal  cases, two community leaders were detained and 10 were indicted.

The Prosecutor General's Office opened criminal cases on Article 308  (abuse of official authority - Ed.  note), 315 (official negligence -  Ed. note) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.