ArmInfo. The court of general jurisdiction took proceedings against the former head of the Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan and other police officers. This was reported by the press service of the Judicial Department.
Earlier it was reported that cases of abuse of official position, official forgery and theft in especially large amounts from state funds were disclosed, as a result of which damage amounting to 114 million drams was caused to the state. It was found out that Vladimir Gasparyan, occupying from 1997 to 2011 various positions in the Military Police and in the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, turned a blind eye to the fact that three servicemen of one of the military units did not perform their direct duties, but instead worked as drivers and bodyguards of the brothers of the third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan - Levon and Alexander Sargsyans. While not fulfilling their direct duties, they accrued salaries from the state budget, as a result of which the state lost 54.790.433 drams (of which 21.691.481 drams were in the period when Gasparyan held the corresponding positions).
In addition, in 2011-2018, while holding the post of Chief of the RA Police, Vladimir Gasparyan used his official position contrary to the interests of the service, and illegally granted property rights on the balance sheet of the RA Police worth 15 million drams and 10 million drams to high-ranking officials, not in need of improved housing conditions. We are talking about the head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, the Major General of the Police R. Zakaryan and the first deputy head of the Main Directorate of State Guard G. Gasparyan. In addition, Vladimir Gasparyan illegally provided other real estate worth 10 million drams to an employee who was hired just 6 days before, did not appear at the duty station and did not perform official duties. It is noted that this person instead provided production services to the daughter of Vladimir Gasparyan. During the preliminary investigation in the criminal case, it was found out and it was also justified that the daughter of Vladimir Gasparyan was appointed to the post of senior officer of the operational department of the headquarters of the Armenian Police in 2015, but did not show up for service and did not perform official duties. Gasparyan's daughter was paid 8.838.362 drams during 2015-2018. In addition, an accelerated process of her promotion was organized, as a result of which for only three days she was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel.
For the commission of these and other criminal acts, Vladimir Gasparyan was charged under clause 1 of part 3 of article 179 (two episodes) and part 2 of article 308 (two episodes) of the RA Criminal Code; to the former commander of the RA Police Levon Yranosyan - clause 1 of part 3 of article 179, part 1 of article 314 and part 2 of article 308 of the RA Criminal Code; to the former head of the Internal Audit Department Vardan Tunyan - in part 2 of article 38-308, part 2 of article 308 and clauses 1 and 3 of part 2 of article 179 of the RA Criminal Code; Gurgen Grigoryan, Commander of the Military Unit of the Police Troops - under Part 2 of Article 38-308 of the RA Criminal Code.