BUSINESSMAN ASHOT SUKIASYAN INVOLVED IN OFFSHORE SCANDAL WITH EX-PREMIER OF ARMENIA ARRESTED UPON EXTRADITION TO ARMENIA
by Tatevik Shahunyan
ARMINFO
Friday, June 20, 14:26
Businessman Ashot Sukiasyan involved in the offshore scandal with
ex-premier of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, and Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan
– Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church, has been arrested upon extradition to Armenia,
Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office reported.
To note, the offshore scandal broke out after an Armenian media
outlet wrote that Armenia’s then-PM Tigran Sargsyan, Archbishop
Navasard Kjoyan – Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese
of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and “jeweler” Ashot Sukiasyan are
shareholders in an offshore company called Wlispera Holdings Limited,
which is registered in Cyprus. Sargsyan and Kjoyan, however, denied
their involvement in such a company.