Former Finance Ministry official  indicted in  972 million dram  EU   Grant fraud

ArmInfo. The prosecutor has presented  the case against the former head of the Department for Coordination of Work within the Ministry of Finance with the EU to  the court. The case covers  a massive fraud scheme  that operated   between 2009 and 2014.

According to the information, the former head of the Armenian  Ministry of Finance's Department for Coordination of EU Affairs,  having reached a preliminary agreement with an employee of the EU  Delegation to Armenia, staff of OSCE offices, and others, had  submitted fake grant programs through various public organizations in  competitions announced by the EU Delegation and was declared the  winner.  As a result, he fraudulently embezzled approximately 972  million drams from the European Union budget between 2009 and 2014  (16 cases).

A criminal case has been launched against the former Finance Ministry  official under Article 178, Part 3, Clause 3 (16 cases) and Article  325, Part 2 (14 cases) of the Criminal Code adopted on April 18,  2003.  Arrest was chosen as a preventive measure, and he was placed  on an international wanted list.  On December 9, 2025, the prosecutor  confirmed the indictment against him and submitted the criminal case  materials to the competent court. A motion was filed with the court  to conduct a trial in absentia, allowing the legal proceedings to  move forward despite his absence.