A citizen informed that in December 2014, the officials of the Regional Tax Inspectorate of the RA Ministry of Finances had visited the shop belonging him. They demanded and received a bribe of especially large amounts, the RA Special Investigative Committee informs.
Another citizen reported that during 2013-2015 the officials mentioned above and their peers had regularly demanded and received a bribe for not reporting and desisting about the illegal entrepreneurial activity implemented by him.
According to the 2nd and 3rd points of the Part 3 of Article 311 of the RA Criminal Code a criminal case has been initiated in the RA Special Investigative Committee on the fact of taking a bribe of large amounts based on a prior agreement by a group of people.
Note: The suspect or the accused of the alleged offence is deemed innocent unless his or her innocence is proved by virtue of the effective court verdict in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia.
