ArmInfo. The citizen who had testified against Gagik Tsarukyan withdrew his/her testimony during his confrontation. Lawyer of the head of the Prosperous Armenia Party, oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan, Yerem Sargsyan, announced this on July 2.
He noted that this is a case related to the 2017 election bribes. The lawyer also emphasized that there is no more evidence against Tsarukyan. But it is precisely the testimony of this citizen that was the basis for the prosecution. It should be noted that the court session in the case of head of the PAP Gagik Tsarukyan was postponed until July 7. Tsarukyan is charged with 3 criminal cases. So, according to the investigation, the leadership and other members of the Prosperous Armenia party distributed hundreds of millions of drams of election bribes in 2017 in accordance with well-developed schemes, and this was done under the pretext of charity. In another case, Tsarukyan’s companies were involved in the organization of the casino’s illegal activities, resulting in damage to the state of $ 60 million. Another criminal case concerns a company associated with Tsarukyan, which illegally appropriated land, and the state suffered damage of 342 million drams (about 685 thousand dollars). The politician himself believes that criminal prosecution is being carried out against him.
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