ArmInfo.Former mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan was charged with the criminal alienation of state or community property.
According to the report of the RA Prosecutor General's Office, in the course of the investigative measures taken, sufficient evidence was obtained regarding the fact that V.G. during his tenure as the head of the Gyumri community, with the assistance of several officials of the municipality in falsifying certificates that are official documents of the community, as well as the minutes of the auction commission, in violation of the requirements of the legislation on tenders, personally participated in the tenders and was declared the winner in them. Thus, in the period from 2001 to 2011, by direct sale or auction, in violation of Article 60 of the Land Code, a lot of land plots of state or community significance that were not subject to sale were alienated .
In particular, this applies to certain areas of the city park of Gyumri, land plots on Furmanov, Rustaveli, Sayat-Nova, Garegin Nzhdeh streets; territories adjacent to the Marmashen highway; site at Marmashen highway 13, st. T. Chartarapet 13, st. Tigran Mets 31, several land plots on Shinararner street; several land plots on the territory of the former military state farm; plot in the Mush quarter, 2, 11/11; part of the land plot owned by Gyumri Textile OJSC; a plot adjacent to a building of historical and cultural value and located at 262 Abovyan Street, Gyumri.
According to the department, as a result of these criminal actions, the interests of the state and society were significantly damaged, in some cases with serious consequences. With a sufficient combination of evidence obtained in 2021, on August 10, the former mayor of Gyumri was charged under Part 2 of Art. 308 of the RA Criminal Code (9 episodes), part 1 of Art. 308 of the RA Criminal Code (10 episodes) and Part 1 of Art. 314 of the RA Criminal Code (19 episodes). A written undertaking not to leave was chosen as a preventive measure. The investigation continues.
Recall that Ghukasyan was the mayor of Gyumri from 1999 to 2012. He was considered an odious official closely associated with the criminal world.