The initiative group formed in the lawyers' club of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia submitted a report on the crime against the Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan to the General Prosecutor's Office, the Chamber of Advocates informs.
"Today, on December 4, 2024, the lawyers of the initiative group of lawyers formed in the lawyers' club of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia submitted a crime report to the General Prosecutor's Office, which refers to the actions involving corruption risks committed by the Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan.
The lawyers submitted a number of arguments to the Prosecutor General with the request to initiate criminal proceedings based on the mentioned facts and give them a proper criminal legal evaluation.
Let's remind that the lawyers specifically spoke about the following actions of Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan:
1. Vahe Hovhannisyan in 2021. reported that he received an interest-free loan of USD 1,000,000.
2. Vahe Hovhannisyan bought 100% shares of "Caritas Italiana" PB company for USD 1,050,000, and later reorganized that organization into "JI Koder" SP company, sold his shares to a relative.
2023 To the same "G Coder" LLC, the RA government granted 1.8 billion drams of customs duty exemption for the import of goods, the exempted customs duty of which amounted to 118 million drams. AMD
It is noteworthy that in 2023 as of now, Vahe Hovhannisyan had the right to request a loan of AMD 52,614,000 against "G Coder" LLC.
3. RA Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan leased his guest house to "Vardeni" SP company, which was paid more than one million drams without a tender for the purpose of organizing and holding games and exercises for the employees of the Ministry of Finance.
Moreover, the mentioned company was founded in 2019 by Vahe Hovhannisyan himself, which was later transferred to his friend.
4. There are significant discrepancies in the declaration submitted for three years.
In particular, in 2023 stated in the declaration that in 2006 He allegedly sold the Toyota vehicle for AMD 25,000,000.
P.S. Advocate Ara Zohrabyan, the representative of the initiative group, also made a request to the RA government to find out whether the information regarding Vahe Hovhannisyan's interest in "G-Coder" LLC was known in the RA government's 09.11.2023. At the time of adoption of Resolution N 1942-A or not.
An initiative group formed in the advocates' club of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia", the statement said.
