Today, on 9 July, the Anti-Corruption Criminal Court announced the verdict in the case of former Head of Police Vladimir Gasparyan, his former deputy Levon Yeranosyan, Head of the Internal Audit Department of the Police Vardan Tunyan, and Commander of Police Unit Gurgen Grigoryan. Judge Vardges Sargsyan presided over the session.
According to Iravaban.net, Vladimir Gasparyan, was found guilty, and was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment. However, it will not be applied, because in 2018, on the occasion of the 2800th anniversary of the founding of Erebuni-Yerevan and the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of the Independence of the First Republic of Armenia, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia announced an amnesty, and the mentioned article is also included in it, Gasparyan was released from the punishment.
The Public Prosecutor demanded an 11-year prison sentence for the former Chief of Police.
Levon Yeranosyan was also found guilty; the main punishment was 5 years imprisonment. According to the amnesty announced in 2018, he was released from serving the sentence.
Vardan Tunyan found guilty as well, but due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, he too will not be taken to the penitentiary.
Gurgen Grigoryan was found guilty, but he was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
7 million 954 thousand AMD will be confiscated from Yeranosyan, Grigoryan and Tunyan in favor of RA.
According to the case materials, the Head of the Internal Audit Department of the Police, Vardan Tunyan, asked Yeranosyan to accept his acquaintance Vahram Nazaryan to serve in the police forces. The mentioned person was hired, but did not show up for duty. Instead, he performed the duties of Tunyan’s driver. In this case, the state suffered a particularly large loss in the amount of 7 million 954 thousand AMD, as a result of which, through negligence, serious consequences were caused.
Let us note that the seizure of the property of Yeranosyan, Tunyan and Grigoryan will be maintained.
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