Ex- Deputy PM Armen Gevorgyan`s case materials, along with  indictment,  forwarded to supervising prosecutor

ArmInfo.Former Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Armen Gevorgyan is accused of laundering  approximately 5 billion drams. The preliminary investigation of his criminal case has been completed.

The Anti-Corruption Committee has determined that from 2000 to 2018,  a person who held various high ranking positions in the Government,  including the First Assistant to the President of the Republic of  Armenia, Chief of Staff of the President, Secretary of the National  Security Council, Minister of Territorial Administration and  Development, and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia,  engaged in the illegal legalization of income totaling 4,921,302,379  drams  to conceal and distort the true nature and origin of assets  acquired through criminal means.

The former high-ranking official of the Republic of Armenia has been  charged with large-scale money laundering according to Article 190,  Part 3, paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Criminal Code of  Armenia adopted  on April 18, 2003. The preliminary investigation of the criminal case  has been completed. The case materials, along with the indictment,  have been forwarded to the supervising prosecutor for approval and  submission to court.