ArmInfo.The court session scheduled for July 27 on the case of former Chief of the RA Police Vladimir Gasparyan and others will not take place due to the epidemiological situation. Earlier, a number of lawyers notified the court that they had been in contact with patients with coronavirus, in connection with which they self-isolated and passed the appropriate tests.
Earlier it was reported that cases of abuse of office, official forgery and embezzlement on an especially large scale from state funds were disclosed, as a result of which the state suffered damage in the amount of 114 million drams. It was found that Vladimir Gasparyan, occupying from 1997 to 2011 various positions in the Military Police and the RA Ministry of Defense, closed his eyes to the fact that three servicemen of one of the military units did not fulfill their direct official duties, but instead worked as drivers and bodyguards for brothers of third RA President Serzh Sargsyan - Levon and Alexander Sargsyan. They did not fulfill their direct official duties, but they were paid wages from the state budget, as a result of which the state suffered damage in the amount of 54,790,433 drams (of which 21,691,481 drams fell on the period when Gasparyan held the relevant positions).
In addition, in 2011-2018, while holding the position of Chief of the RA Police, Vladimir Gasparyan used his official position contrary to the interests of the service, and illegally provided the property on the balance of the RA Police with a property worth 15 million AMD and 10 million AMD to high-ranking officials not in need of better housing conditions.
The matter concerns the head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, Major General of the Police R. Zakaryan and the first deputy head of the Main Directorate of State Security G. Gasparyan. In addition, Vladimir Gasparyan, on the basis of ownership rights, illegally provided other real estate worth 10 million AMD 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 of the criminal case, it turned out and was also substantiated that the daughter of Vladimir Gasparyan in 2015 was appointed to the post of senior officer of the operational department of the headquarters of the Armenian Police forces, but did not appear at the service and did not perform official duties. Gasparyan's daughters during 2015-2018 8.838.362 AMD was paid. In addition, an accelerated promotion process was organized, with the result that in just three days she was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel. For committing these and other criminal acts, Vladimir Gasparyan was charged under paragraph 1 of part 3 of article 179 (two episodes) and part 2 of article 308 (two episodes) of the RA Criminal Code; Former Commander of the RA Police Troops Levon Yeranosyan - Clause 1 of Part 3 of Article 179, Part 1 of Article 314 and Part 2 of Article 308 of the RA Criminal Code; ex-head of the Internal Audit Department Vardan Tunyan - on part 2 of article 38-308, part 2 of article 308 and points 1 and 3 of part 2 of article 179 of the RA Criminal Code; to the commander of the military unit of the police forces Gurgen Grigoryan - under part 2 of article 38-308 of the RA Criminal Code.