FSIA ex-head charged with embezzlement - RA Anti-Corruption Committee

ArmInfo. The investigation of the criminal case against the former head of the Food Safety Inspectorate of Armenia (FSIA) Armen Danielyan has been completed, the RA  Anti-Corruption Committee reports.

Armen Danielyan, appointed to the post of head of the Food Safety  Inspectorate of Armenia on November 11, 2024, was dismissed on April  30, 2015 (before that, he was the deputy head of the Office for  Coordination of Inspection Bodies in the Prime Minister's Office).

The preliminary investigation conducted on the criminal case  considered by the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia has  substantiated that, using his official powers and the influence  exerted by them, with the assistance of the head of the warehouse of  the same inspection body and a number of other employees, he  appropriated the fuel coupons entrusted to him, purchased at the  expense of the state funds of the Republic of Armenia and intended  for the needs of the inspection body, as well as unjustified bonuses  paid to the above-mentioned employees, in an amount incomparably  exceeding the established amount.

In particular, during the preliminary investigation it was  established that the head of the warehouse of the inspection received  from the head of the IOBPP and sold diesel fuel coupons for a total  of 15,300 liters of gasoline and 1,000 liters of diesel fuel, as a  result of which he personally handed over the received amount of  7,844,000 drams to the head of the IOBPP. In addition, the latter  also appropriated 6,096 liters of gasoline coupons worth 2,926,080  drams, which were on the balance sheet of the inspection body and  were entrusted to it. As a result, the above-mentioned official  appropriated coupons for 10,770,080 drams.

In addition, the person holding the position of the head of the  IOBPP, instead of providing bonuses to the employees of the  Inspection Body, guided solely by official necessity, instructed a  number of employees to cash out part of the funds transferred to them  as bonuses, without any grounds, and transfer them to him through the  warehouse manager. Thus, the latter, using his official powers and  the influence exerted by them, appropriated the amounts entrusted to  him in a large amount, a total of 3,454,000 drams.

The former head of the IOBPP was charged with committing theft on an  especially large scale and an especially large scale by using his  official powers under Article 256, Part 3, Point 3 and Points 2 and 3  of Part 2 of Article 256 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of  Armenia, and the warehouse manager who assisted him was charged under  Article 445, Part 1, Point 3 of Article 46-256, Part 3, Points 2 and  3 of Article 46-256, Part 2, Points 2 and 3 of Part 2 of the Criminal  Code of the Republic of Armenia. During the preliminary  investigation, about 10 million drams in damages caused to the state  were recovered. The preliminary investigation of the criminal case  has been completed. The materials of the criminal case have been  transferred to the supervising prosecutor along with the indictment  with a motion to approve it and send it to court.