Military unit commander fraudulently appropriates apartment

ArmInfo.The RA Anti-Corruption Committee has established that the commander of Military Unit N of the RA Ministry of Defense, in order to create a situation requiring improved housing conditions, formally alienated other real estate belonging to him and fraudulently appropriated an apartment provided to him for free use by order of the Minister of Defense.

Specifically, a preliminary investigation revealed that a Defense  Ministry official, permanently residing in the apartment owned by him  and his wife, on October 9, 2018, submitted false information to the  MOD Central Housing Commission regarding the provision of housing.  Based on this information, the commission issued a positive decision  to grant the latter an apartment at an address in Yerevan for free  use.  As a result, in July 2019, an apartment valued at 21,400,000  drams, which was on the books of the Ministry of Defense, was  transferred free of charge to the aforementioned official.

The latter was charged under Article 178, Part 3, Clause 1 of the  Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, adopted on April 18, 2003  and repealed on July 1, 2022 (corresponding to Article 255, Part 3,  Clause 3 of the current Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia).

The preliminary investigation of the criminal case has been  completed, and the case materials have been sent to the  Anti-Corruption Court of the Republic of Armenia along with the  indictment.