ArmInfo. For 10-15 years, schemes of hidden economic activity have been operating in Armenia. On April 30, RA Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan stated this in an interview with reporters.
According to him, at the moment, criminal cases are being investigated in various investigation units on an unprecedented scale for Armenia. As noted, in the republic for 10-15 years there were schemes of hidden and preferential economic activity, which was carried out through hundreds of entities. According to preliminary data, we are talking about a turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars. Davtyan informed that, according to the obtained operational data, this process was guided from one or two centers. The Prosecutor General also emphasized that the economic activities of these hundreds of entities and their financial flows were organized in such a way that serious obstacles arose for their identification. In the process of investigating these criminal cases, he said, team work is being carried out, including with the involvement of international partners. Moreover, already at this stage there are people against whom criminal prosecution is carried out, and evidence has been obtained on a number of episodes. We are talking about criminal cases already instituted, about which some publications were made. Without going into details, Davtyan mentioned the former head of the State Revenue Committee Gagik Khachatryan and the son-in-law of the former president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan - Mikael Minasyan. At the same time, the Prosecutor General refused to comment on the recent publication on Facebook of the Prime Minister's press secretary regarding the fact that Minasyan was connected with a number of large companies, including Zangezur Copper Molybdenium Combine, Yerevan Mall shopping center and Shant and Armenia TV companies. As for his whereabouts, it is only known for certain that he had previously left the borders of Armenia.