ArmInfo. Lawyer Vahagn Danielyan,arrested in the case of Judge Gagik Geboyan, accused of taking bribes on a large scale. As the press secretary of the Special Investigation Service (SIS), Marina Ohanjanyan, told ArmInfo, the lawyer is charged under section 2 and part 3 of article 38-311 of the RA RA (assistance in receiving a bribe by a judge on a large scale).
Earlier, the Special Investigation Service reported that, on the basis of sufficient grounds obtained during the preliminary investigation of the case brought to the National Security Service and transferred to the SIS, judge of the court of general jurisdiction of Kotayk region Gagik Geboyan was charged with paragraph 2 of part 3 of Article 311 of the RA Criminal Code criminal acts (accepting bribes in especially large amounts), in particular, with the assistance of a member of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia.
In particular, as previously reported by the SIS, according to the accusation, the judge for committing actions in favor of the plaintiff in a civil case under consideration, that is, for exempting the latter from paying the state fee of 3,400,000 drams, on March 4, 2019 demanded from him bribe in especially large amounts - $ 3,500 (1.715.000 drams). However, the amount of the "deal" as a result of the "trades" was reduced to $ 2,500 (1,225,000 drams). In order to avoid receiving a bribe in person, the judge turned to his acquaintance lawyer for help. As part of the operational-search activities carried out by the National Security Service, the said citizen transferred the amount of a bribe in the amount of $ 2,500 to a lawyer, who on the same day handed it to the judge. The National Security Service opened a criminal case on the fact that the judge received a bribe on a large scale, aiding the latter and giving a bribe on a large scale.