The General Prosecutor’s Office examined the criminal proceedings being investigated by the Investigation Department of the National Security Service, during which it was found that during the years 2002-2010 G.B., who held the position of the Head of the “Kentron” Community of Yerevan, and then the Mayor of Yerevan, used the official position contrary to the interests of the service, and also by using the official position, stole numerous immovable properties of particularly large sizes in the city of Yerevan and other settlements..

In particular:

1. A real estate located at 3 Tamanyan Street in Yerevan and an adjacent unit in the basement.
2. Building – 58 Mashtots Avenue, real estate 25.
3. Building – 4 Charents Street, real estate 129.
4. Building – 26/1 Vardanants Street, real estate 35.
5. Building – 6, Mashtots Avenue, real estates 88 and 89.
6. Building – 5A Vardanants Street, real estate 366.
7. Building – 59 Teryan Street, real estate 33.
8. Building – 37/1 Sayat-Nova Street, real estate 50.
9. Building – 38 Tumanyan Street, real estate 52.
10. Building -Koghbatsu street 1, real estate 121.
11. Building – Israelyan Street 39, real estate 1.
12. Building – 58 Pushkin Street, real estates 52 and 53.
13. Building – 20/1 Saryan street, real estate 83.
14. Building – 51 Mashtots Avenue, real estate 43.
15. Building – Khorenatsi street 47/1, real estate 121.
16. Building – 40 A Mashtots Avenue, real estate 100.
17. Building – 5, Koryun Street, real estate 83.
18. Building – 15 Paronyan street, real estate 37.
19. Building – Khorenatsi street 43, real estate 96.
20. Building – 5A Tumanyan Street, real estate 45.
21. Building – Teryan street 1, real estate 37.
22. 153 Armenakyan street (plot).
23. 36/4 Saryan street (plot).
24. Etchmiadzin old highway street 28 (plot).

Further, the said official, in order to legitimize the acquisition of property obtained through obvious criminal means under legal activities, to hide the real ownership of the property and distort the source of criminal origin, to eliminate criminal traces, using his official position, involving a number of people, by carrying out various formal transactions to undertake to legalize the majority of real estates, which were subject of robbery.

As a result of criminal activities, the buildings of a number of pre-school educational institutions (kindergartens) were embezzled, as a result of which the activities of the pre-school educational institution were stopped, the rights and legal interests of several dozen children attending the pre-school educational institution were violated.

Considering the combination of factual data obtained in the criminal proceedings as sufficient, the prosecutor supervising the legality of the preliminary investigation, on his own initiative, made a decision on 15 November, 2022 to initiate public criminal prosecution against G.B. in 27 cases under Article 179, Part 3, Clause 1 of the RA Criminal Code adopted on 18 April, 2003, in 25 cases under Article 190, Part 3, Paragraphs 1, 3 of the RA Criminal Code adopted on 18 April, 2003 and Article 308, Part 2 of the RA Criminal Code adopted on April 18, 2003 (embezzlement of particularly large amounts of property using the official position, use of the official position against the interests of the service by an official who negligently caused severe consequences, legalization of particularly large amounts of property obtained through criminal means).

On the same day, the decision was sent to the investigator of the NSS Investigation Department to charge G.B.

Necessary measures are being taken to find out the full range of persons involved in the corruption scheme, to initiate public criminal prosecution against them, to restore the legitimate interests of the state and the community and the violated rights.

At the same time, the General Prosecutor’s Office, with the implementation of the powers assigned to it by the law for the protection of state interests, will take all the necessary measures of prosecutorial intervention in order to restore the damages caused to the state.

Note: The person suspected in or accused of an alleged crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in the manner prescribed by the RA Criminal Procedure Code in accordance with the Court’s verdict made effective.