ArmInfo.A criminal case has been opened on the facts of abuse of authority in the State Revenue Committee of Armenia by the investigative department of the National Security Service of Armenia.
As the press service of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia reports, on the basis of the taken operational investigative measures and the evidence obtained, it was decided to press charges against an official for abuse of office, resulting in severe damage to the state. Based on actual data, in 2014-2015 one of the heads of the key department of the Ministry of Finance, which controls the movement of goods at the border and is an official, together with relatives of the then Minister of Finance, based on personal and group benefits, in 2015 ordered the customs officer to neglect the cargo passing through the "red" zone . Using this lack of control by the customs inspector, business entities imported tiles from Spain and Italy, processing this cargo as building plaster, thereby reducing the customs value of imported goods. However, taking into account the fact that this person has left the borders of the Republic of Armenia, an international wanted list has been declared against him. An investigation is underway, measures are being taken to identify the wanted person and to clarify his involvement in the commission of other crimes.
To note, in 2014-2015 the Ministry of Finance and the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia were united into a single structure under the leadership of Gagik Khachatryan, in August 2019 a criminal case was opened for abuse of official powers.