The former governor of Ararat reported about paying a bribe to Alik Sargsyan

A criminal case has been initiated in the main department of the RA Investigative Committee’s investigation on cases of accepting and giving bribes, brokering bribes and extortion.

On July 10, 2018, the RA NA MP Alik Sargsyan’s report submitted by the SIS to the fact that the former governor of the RA Ararat Marz, threatening to publish defamatory information since 2012, demanded a particularly large sum of money from him, about 60,000 US dollars, was received and processed in the main department of the RA Criminal Investigation Department.

In order to find out the circumstances indicated in the report, urgent legal actions were taken in the main department of the Investigation Committee’s CAG examination.

During the preparation of the materials, the former head of Ararat Marz, RA, gave an explanation and also a report that back in 2008, he transferred money to the RA police chief Alik Sargsyan to hire the son of his former employee in the police system. However, the latter was not hired and the money was not returned.

Bearing in mind that the prepared materials apparently contain features of the crimes provided for by Article 182, Part 3, Clause 2, Article 311, Part 4, Clause 2, Article 312, Part 3, Clause 1, and Article 313, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, a criminal case was initiated in the Main Department of the Criminal Investigation Department of the RA Criminal Investigation Department and a decision was made to send it for investigation. under the authority of the FSA.