ArmInfo. Former Governor of Aragatsotn, brother of the Republican Party MP Nairi Sahakyan Sargis Sahakyan is suspected of large-scale embezzlement.
According to the Police statement, in 2015, large-scale abuses were committed in the village of Nerkin Bazmaberd in the Aragatsotn region for an amount of 30 million drams. . The investigation revealed that on September 19, 2015 the regional administration of Aragatsotn signed an agreement on the provision of construction services with "Gredshin" company for the amount of 29 million 100 thousand drams. Subsequently, "Gredshin" company presented to the regional administration a false document on the completion of construction works with excess funding. The governor of Aragatsotn Sargis Sahakyan, using his official powers at the expense of the state interests, and also on the basis of personal interest, influenced the members of the specially established commission for control over construction works with the aim of approving the document submitted by Gredshin.
Later, on January 21, 2016, the governor himself signed this document, under which some members of the commission did not put signatures, the signatures of others were falsified, while the others signed under pressure. It is noteworthy that the head of the special commission did not sign the document. As a result of this fraud, "Gredshin" company illegally appropriated 10 million 660 thousand drams. A criminal case was opened on the facts of embezzlement in especially large amounts, official falsification, abuse of official powers, which caused significant damage to the state.