Vachagan Ghazaryan is ready to transfer 6 million dollars to the state

Serzh Sargsyan’s former chief of security, Vachagan Ghazaryan, who is now detained, made a statement.

“I presented to the body implementing the criminal proceedings the sources of the origin of the cash funds that have been in my and my wife’s bank accounts for about ten years, as well as those seized during the search of our apartment. In particular, I have informed that most of them belong to my close friend, a well-known businessman and philanthropist living outside RA, whose data I do not consider appropriate to publish at this time. The sources of the origin of those funds are legal, and evidence was presented to the body conducting the proceedings.

Those amounts were received before the criminalization of illegal enrichment, that is, before July 1, 2017. In order to confiscate the mentioned sums in favor of the state, on the instructions of the body conducting the criminal proceedings, various state bodies are trying to connect a number of companies, businesses with me and my family members in various ways, the properties and funds belonging to the persons related to me by kinship and in-law are under illegal arrest. Tax audits are being carried out in companies unrelated to me, the results of which are being tried to be linked to my name or the aforementioned funds.

I think that the subjective position of the judicial authorities is due to these circumstances, which continue to reject all our well-founded petitions to release me on bail and take as a basis the unfounded arguments of the body conducting the proceedings. In such conditions, I am afraid that without sufficient grounds the court will extend the terms of keeping me in custody.

Regardless of all this, my friend and I are ready to transfer all the above-mentioned funds in the amount of about 6/six million dollars to the state for the implementation of programs aimed at strengthening the security of Armenia and Azerbaijan, or for other state needs, in case of the agreement of the body implementing the criminal proceedings.

Let’s remind that Vachagan Ghazaryan is accused of illegal enrichment. He is now in custody. Vachagan Ghazaryan was already arrested on June 28, but he was released on bail of 1 billion drams set by the decision of the Court of Appeal.