A big waste. Manvel Grigoryan’s accusation was completed and the preliminary investigation was announced

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The preliminary investigation of the criminal case regarding Manvel Grigoryan and Nazik Amiryan has been completed. This was reported by the press service of the HCSR.


M. Grigoryan is accused of illegally possessing weapons and ammunition, misappropriating 101,232,917 AMD property, evading the payment of 1,228,176,342 AMD taxes, wasting 1,225,003,300 AMD of state funds and organizing the theft of property worth 37,101,100 AMD through extortion.


As a result of the preliminary investigation of the criminal case against Manvel Grigoryan and his wife Nazik Amiryan, a former deputy of the RA National Assembly, former president of the “EARTH PROTECTION VOLUNTARY UNION” NGO, in the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia, in addition to the previously revealed crimes, M. Cases of Grigoryan evading the payment of particularly large amounts of taxes, organizing the non-payment of particularly large amounts of taxes, wasting state funds and organizing the extortion of particularly large amounts of property. Manvel Grigoryan’s accusation has been completed. He was charged under Article 235, Part 2, Article 179, Part 3, Article 1, Article 38-205, Part 2, Article 205, Part 2, Article 179, Part 3, Clause 1, and Article 38-182, Part 3, Clause 2 of the RA Criminal Code.


According to the accusation, M. Grigoryan, with the prior consent of his wife, son and other persons, was illegally acquired, transported and illegally kept in three houses owned by them: Alaverdyan house 46, Echmiadzin city, Armavir marz, summer house complex located at 28 and 30 Lchapnya street, Arshaluys village, Armavir marz /”Hangstyan Tun 28″/, in a private house located in the area called “ARA LER” of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Artsakh. Firearms, munitions, rifle cartridges, explosives, in particular:


1. “THOMSON 1928 A1” model “S-434832” number 45 ACP /11,43×23/ caliber rifle-machine gun,
2. being a firearm: 1993 7.62mm /7.62×54/ caliber self-loading hunting rifle of “Tigr” model number “29740”,
3. Firearm: “MP-446 VIKING” model number “0244601711” 9mm /9×19/ caliber pistol,
4. a firearm, “BERETTA 92FS” model number “BER020699” 9mm /9×19/ caliber pistol,
5. a firearm, a rifled self-made pistol adapted to fire 5.6 mm ring-shaped incendiary cartridges,
6. munitions: about 000 combat bullets,
7. about 30 combat grenades,
8. 20 “UZRGM-2” combat explosives,
9. 18 shots with their constituent 13 starter powder charges,
10. 40mm “РПГ-7В” type grenade launcher as a firearm
11. 6 “UZRGM-2” combat explosives,
12. More than 30 detonators
13. Shattering explosive material: 12 pieces of factory-made 400-gram TNT explosives,
14. shattering explosives: three pieces of factory-made 200-gram TNT explosives broken pieces.


The firearms and ammunition listed above were found and confiscated in 2018. with searches carried out on June 16 and 19.


In addition, Manvel Grigoryan, as the chairman of the board of the non-governmental organization “EARTH GUARDIAN VOLUNTARY UNION”, having the authority to manage the organization’s property and financial resources, using his official position, with the help of his wife, Nazik Amiryan, who is responsible for the construction and economic issues of the military sports camp “Three Generation Earthkeeper” of the same organization, and his son, Arman Grigoryan, the director of the “ARA EV AITSEMNIK” BB company, has performed a particularly large task entrusted to the organization. appropriation of property worth AMD 101,232,917.


In particular, in order to solve the problems provided by the charter, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia provided various properties to the non-governmental organization “EARTH PROTECTION VOLUNTARY UNION” during 2016-2018: food products, equipment, etc.


The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh have handed over various properties to the NGO “EARTH GUARD VOLUNTEER UNION” in order to meet the needs of the military and volunteers protecting the borders of the Republic of Artsakh during the April 2016 four-day war and the following days. Apart from that, through the aforementioned state bodies and territorial bodies of the EMU, the bulk food, economic and medical goods collected by citizens and organizations were also handed over to the EMU central body: clothing, food, etc.


Manvel Grigoryan, with the help of his wife and son, embezzled a part of the above-mentioned property entrusted to him with the help of his wife and son, instead of using it for the purposes stipulated by the organization’s charter or handing it over to the military or volunteers protecting the borders of the Artsakh Republic.


M. Grigoryan stored the stolen property with his accomplices in the buildings owned by them located at 28 and 30 Lchaapnya, Arshaluys village, Armavir marz, RA, in the premises of “ARA AND AITSEMNIK” BB company managed by Arman Grigoryan, in Aghajanyan 3 house, Shushi city of Artsakh Republic, owned by Nazik Amiryan, “ARA LER” of the Ministry of Defense of the Artsakh Republic. in his private house located in the area called, belonging to a person in close relations with him, in the warehouse of the company “JI-ES PLUS SP” located in the area called Mirzajan, Askeran region of the Republic of Artsakh, he disposed of them at his discretion, using them for personal needs, including using the stolen food to feed wild animals kept in the areas belonging to him, and registered the ownership rights to cars in the names of his close persons.


Some of the stolen goods were found during a search in the office of “ARA EV ATSEMNIK” BB company located at 19 Mashtots street, Echmiadzin city, Armavir marz.


1. 4317 pieces of canned meat, marked “SOLDIERS’ DEPARTMENT NOT FOR SALE”, produced in 2015-2016, total value: AMD 4,470,066.


2. 1776 pieces of canned fish, marked “NOT FOR SALE TO THE SOLDIER’S DEPARTMENT”, manufactured in 2016, total value: AMD 840,048.


3. 840 kg of pasta marked “SOLDIERS’ DEPARTMENT NOT FOR SALE”, produced in 2016-2017, total value: AMD 214,040.


4. 8 bags of iodized salt, produced on April 27, 2016. total cost: AMD 31,685,


5. 15 bags of sugar, marked “SOLDIERS’ DEPARTMENT NOT FOR SALE”, produced: 06.06.2016, total value: AMD 280,190,


6. 3 bags of beans, marked “SOLDIERS’ SECTION NOT SUBJECT TO SALE”, total value: AMD 264,075,


7. 2 bags of lentils, marked “SOLDIERS’ SECTION NOT SUBJECT TO SALE”, total value: AMD 92,045,


8. 119 bottles of “Golden Drop” sunflower oil, marked “NOT FOR SALE TO THE SOLDIER’S DEPARTMENT”, produced in 2016, total value: AMD 116.606.7,


9. 180 pieces of condensed milk, marked “SOLDIERS’ DEPARTMENT NOT FOR SALE”, manufactured in 2017, total value: AMD 183,840,


10. 19 pairs of socks, 5 pairs of gloves, 30 t-shirts, 19 boxes of razors, 4 pairs of boots: total value: AMD 108,700.


11. “Uaz Hunter” brand 01 AG 045 h/h car, worth AMD 7,600,000,


12. “Uaz Hunter 2.7” brand 01 AC 045 h/h car, worth AMD 7,600,000,


13. “Uaz Pickup” brand 01 OX 045 h/h car, worth AMD 9,800,000,


14. “Uaz 374195-05” brand 01 FM 045 h/h car, worth AMD 7,200,000,


15. “Uaz 39625” brand 01 DA 045 h/h car, worth AMD 7,400,000,


16. “Uaz 390945” brand 01 PG 045 h/h car, worth AMD 7,500,000,


17. “Uaz 3163-105-30” brand 01 GP 045 h/h: car worth AMD 8,400,000,


18. “Uaz Pickup” brand 01 PA 045 h/h: car worth AMD 9,800,000.


Among the stolen goods, the below-mentioned goods were found during a search in Manvel Grigoryan’s country house complex located at 28 and 30 Lchapnya street, Arshaluys village, Armavir marz.


1. 2006 units, mostly produced in 2015, some of which are marked “NOT FOR SALE TO THE SOLDIER’S DEPARTMENT”, total value: 928.634.7 AMD.


2. 160 pieces of canned meat and 44 pieces of canned vegetables, produced in 2015-2016, total value: 250,400 AMD.


3. 33 bottles of oil, produced: 25.12.2015, total value: 23,452 AMD,


4. 69 kg of pasta, produced in 2014-2016, total value: AMD 78,600,


5. 14 packs of tea, produced in 2015, total value: AMD 4824,


6. 140 pieces of toilet paper, total value: AMD 20,699.


7. 1231 units: medicine, medical and hygiene supplies: total value: AMD 330.765.7,


8. 250 units of underwear, total value: AMD 166,440.


9. In the same country house, among the cars owned, there is a “Uaz Hunter 2.7” brand 01 CA 045 h/h car worth AMD 9,800,000.


Among the stolen goods, the goods with a total value of 7,076,980 AMD (cans, underwear, tea, coffee, medical and hygiene items, cigarettes) were found in the warehouse of the J-ES PLUS SP company located in the Mirzajan district of the Askeran region of the Republic of Artsakh.


Among the stolen goods, the goods with a total value of AMD 832,500 (juices, pasta, canned goods, medical and hygiene supplies, clothes, cigarettes) were found in the house of Nazik Amiryan, at 3 Aghajanyan Street, Shushi City, Artsakh Republic.


The following products were found in a private house in the area called “ARA LER”: 2976 cans manufactured in 2015-2016 with the marking “NOT FOR SALE TO THE SOLDIER’S SECTION”, 269 cans without the mentioned marking, 60 kg of pasta, 20 caviar, 41 condensed milk. sugar, spices, jams, drinks, bedding, underwear, military equipment, medical and hygiene supplies, power generator “LUTIAN” type, “LT2500s” model, cigarettes, gasoline fuel, etc., the total value of which was AMD 5,348,328.


In other words, Manvel Grigoryan, with the help of his son and wife, using his official position, appropriated a particularly large property of AMD 101,232,917.


In addition, Manvel Grigoryan, due to the positions he held in RA (head of various military units, RA Deputy Minister of Defense, RA NA Member of Parliament, Chairman of the EMU NGO), sponsoring a number of affiliated companies due to his personal prestige, personal-relative connections, participation in a number of companies, and influence in state administrative bodies, organized the non-payment of taxes to the state budget by their directors in particularly large amounts, as a result of which KAZARA AND Through the companies “AYTSEMNIK” BB, “EJMIATSNI HATS” BB, “KUARLINI” SP, he avoided paying taxes of 1,228,176,342 AMD.


In addition, Manvel Grigoryan, as the chairman of the YCU NGO board, is directly responsible for the tax and financial obligations arising from the organization’s activities, in order to avoid paying taxes, by not submitting the documents that are the basis for taxation of the said organization and by inserting obviously false data in the documents, he avoided paying the 2013-2018 income tax to the RA state budget in particularly large amounts: 53.176.123 /penalties: 102.408.095/ AMD from paying tax.


The preliminary investigation also revealed that M. Grigoryan, being authorized to manage the property and financial resources of the organization, using his official position, wasted AMD 1,255,003,300 of the financial resources provided to the organization in 2013-2018 on the basis of the relevant contracts concluded with the ministries of education, science, and defense of the state on behalf of the state, causing particularly large property damage to the state.


In addition, Manvel Grigoryan, occupying the position of Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia in 2000-2008, organized a group of people with the prior consent of P., a resident of Etchmiadzin city. Extortion of particularly large properties belonging to Torosyan. In particular, in the middle of 2004 M. Grigoryan, P. Torosyan organized the gas station being built by Torosyan in Etchmiatsin for his own profit, with the threat of destroying (damaging) the given property, using violence against the owner of the property and his family members, through two persons in his sphere of influence, with prior agreement, as a group, P. The extortion of a particularly large gas station belonging to Torosyan, worth AMD 37,101,100.


Regarding Manvel Grigoryan and Nazik Amiryan, the preliminary investigation in the separate part of the criminal case has been completed in order to send it to the court with an indictment.


M. Arman Grigoryan, the son of Grigoryan, is wanted.

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