Tuesday, September 1 2020 13:04

ArmInfo. The RA Prosecutor General's Office carried out a comparative analysis of the work from January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 to identify corruption abuses  recorded in the process of lease, sublease, alienation of real  estate, which is communal and state property, as well as giving them  corresponding criminal offenses legal assessment.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, if in 2019 75 criminal  cases were initiated on the above- mentioned corpus delicti, then in  the first half of this year - 108 (that is, 33.3% more). Of these 183  criminal cases, 105 related to abuses recorded in the process of  alienation of real estate, and 78 - to lease or sublease.

The studies carried out show that, as schematic criminal  manifestations, the most common was the sale of property subject to  alienation through formal auctions or competitions. In particular,  tenders or auctions were formal in nature, the second participant in  the tender or auction took formal part in the tender to ensure the  victory of a predetermined participant. The investigation justified  cases when the person who applied for participation in the public  auction as a second participant did not actually participate in the  tender or auction, or even did not have information about his  participation in the public auction.

In addition, there were cases when citizens who acquired land plots  at auction were in close relations with officials holding leading  positions in this region, including with the organizer of the auction  (the head of the community, the governor, etc.), and these land  Although the land was purchased on the basis of the data of these  citizens, however, their real owner was persons holding high  government positions.

In the criminal scheme, such lawlessness took place, when the  category of land for agricultural destination, as a result of which  they were alienated at an auction at an incomparably low price (for  example, in one case, instead of the amount of 453.949.600 drams, a  land plot was alienated for 712.400 drams).  In addition to these  criminal schemes, there were also cases when a land plot, which was  state property, was alienated at auction as communal property. In  particular, there was a case when the building of the renovated House  of Life, which is communal property, was presented as a dilapidated  building, and the brother-in-law of the head of the community was  alienated by auction. In another case, without the relevant  documentation, the administrative building with a cadastral value of  341.656.650 AMD was designated as a building subject to dismantling,  as a result of which it was groundlessly estimated at 259.304.000  AMD. A case was also revealed when, by decision of an official,  without any justification, by about 3 thousand square meters. m, the  territory of one of the schools in Yerevan was reduced, and then it  was alienated by auction to a citizen who, after a short time, having  divided the land plot into two parts, sold it to the son of the  director of the same school and a relative of the official.

During the mentioned 1.5 years (mainly in 2020), in the course of  consideration of cases pending before the competent bodies of the RA,  with the direct influence of the RA Prosecutor's Office, 33  agreements on lease and sublease of communal or state property were  terminated, drawn up in violation of the requirements of the  legislation, moreover in many of these cases, new legal and  contractual relations have been formed arising from the interests of  the state and communities.

In the near future, the results of work on criminal prosecution in  criminal cases investigated in cases of crimes of this nature, as  well as on restoration of damage caused to the state and communities,  will also be presented.