ArmInfo. In the case of abuse during the construction of the North- South highway, one of the accused has illegally crossed the border.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, during the investigation it was established that a citizen of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, B. D., who was brought in as an accused under paragraph 1 of part 3 of Article 178 of the RA Criminal Code, being aware of the ban on crossing the border of the Republic of Armenia, in September 2019 created an organized group composed of citizens of Macedonia, Bulgaria and Ukraine to solve this problem. The ultimate goal was B. D.'s departure from Armenia on the passport of another citizen of Macedonia, Z.C. . At the same time, G. G., an employee of the border control department of Zvartnots International Airport, having shown an unfair and negligent attitude to the service, did not find out the authenticity of the passport, did not identify the person by photograph, and instead put a stamp permitting the crossing of the state border of Armenia. In order Z. S. himself could return to his homeland, his passport was brought to Armenia in October by one of the members of the group, but Z. S. to leave the did not manage to cross the border with it, because the passport control employees at the airport drew attention to the lack of a stamp of entry.
Citizen Z. S. has been charged under article 326 and part 2 of article 329 of the RA Criminal Code; in his regard, arrest was chosen as a preventive measure. Employee of the G.G. is charged under part 1 of Article 315 of the RA Criminal Code; a recognizance not to leave was chosen as a measure of restraint. This episode was set aside in a separate proceeding, the preliminary investigation was completed, the criminal case with the indictment was sent to the court.
Earlier it was reported that former senior officials were involved in abuses in the construction of the North- South highway. According to the preliminary investigation, by committing a number of official crimes, lack of control over the implementation of the construction program, etc.,, $ 300 million of credit and budget funds were spent inefficiently. Numerous tax evasion schemes, embezzlement and so on were also established. At the same time, dozens of major contractors and subcontractors, local and foreign commercial organizations affiliated with them, as well as officials and their relatives, were involved in criminal schemes. Total damage is estimated at 23.7 billion drams.