Tuesday, June 26 2018 11:16

ArmInfo. At the time of detention, a large sum of money was found in the reserve, former first deputy head of the state security service, the head of the security service of Serzh Sargsyan-Vachagan Ghazaryan. The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia distributed a video of Kazarian's detention

As the press service of the National Security Service told ArmInfo,  operative-search measures were taken in the criminal case, which is  being carried out by the Special Investigative Service of Armenia,  during which, on June 25, at the exit from the Unibank (Charents)  Major-General in reserve Vachagan Ghazaryan was detained in Yerevan.

After Kazaryan was subjected to the drive, during a personal search,  he showed the contents of the portfolio, which was 120 thousand  dollars and 436 million drams withdrawn from his personal account.   According to Kazaryan, he cashed out money for the purpose of  returning to the real owner. However, he refused to disclose the  identity of the latter.

During the personal search, Kazaryan also found 500 dollars and 213  thousand drams for daily expenses, and 50 thousand dollars were found  in his Lexus car.

"The National Security Service of Armenia has operational data that  if Ghazaryan was not subjected to the drive, he was going to cash 860  million drams on his account at ZAO Ardshinbank and to withdraw money  from his wife Ruzanna Beglaryan's account of 690 million drams, AMD  1.5 billion in total, Kazaryan was going to pay AMD 17 million for  cash withdrawal services during the search, Vachagan Ghazaryan said  that he forgot to mention these funds in the declaration for the  Commission on Ethics of Dignitaries,the press service of the National  Security Service of Armenia reports.

Vachagan Ghazaryan was detained on suspicion in Article 301.1 -  illegal enrichment.

On the eve of ArmInfo, it was reported that the head of the security  service of the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, Vache  Ghazaryan, was taken to the National Security Service.  To recall,  that on June 22 the Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia  instituted criminal proceedings on the fact of illegal enrichment of  a high-ranking official. The facts are revealed as a result of  inspections in the restaurant complex "Yans". According to the  Criminal Code, the evidence obtained in the criminal case presumably  contains the signs of crimes provided for in A310.1 ("Increase in the  reporting period of property and (or) reduction of the obligations of  a person who has an obligation to submit declarations that are  essential under the Republic of Armenia Law" On Public Service "  exceed its legal revenues and are not substantiated by them, and if  there are no other signs of a crime that are grounds for illegal  enrichment ") and part 2 of Article 314.3 (" s false data in the  declarations or concealment of data, subject to declaration, which  resulted in evasion of declaration of assets or income in a large  scale ") of RA Criminal Code.