Man Charged in Buffalo Meat Scam Undergoes Heart Operation
Vahe Sarukhanyan
hetq
13:15, October 12, 2012
Hetq has learnt that Albert Ohanjanyan, the Director of the Kapan Meat
Combine, implicated in a frozen buffalo meat scam, was charged with
swindling large amounts of cash and tax evasion of September 1.
Hetq broke the story several weeks ago when we revealed that meat
supplied to various Armenian army units also included amounts of
frozen buffalo. The army believed it was getting fresh beef.
Mary Sargsyan, from the Investigative Service of the RA Ministry of
Defense, told Hetq that prosecutors were also examining evidence to
file criminal charges against a number of state officials involved in
the meat scandal.
Ohanjanyan’s defense attorney Lousineh Sahakyan told Hetq that her
client claims he is innocent of the charges, but refrained from saying
anything more.
Hetq has also learnt that Ohanjanyan is now at a prison hospital
where he has undergone an operation to clear his clogged heart
arteries.
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