Tuesday, August 18 2020 12:58

ArmInfo. On August 18, the court rejected the defense's petition to remove the arrest from the property of ex-MP Manvel Grigoryan.

According to the State Revenue Committee, in 2018-2020, Ara and  Haytsemnik OJSC owned by Grigoryan accumulated tax debts in the  amount of 1.036 billion drams. In this regard, the lawyers offered to  remove the arrest from part of the property of their client, which  would allow him to fulfill his tax obligations.  Meanwhile, the court  rejected this petition, noting that the materials of the criminal  case are still at the stage of consideration and, accordingly, the  decision on the seizure of the property of "Ara and Aytsemnik" and  the circumstances arising from this have not yet been fully studied.

Another motion concerned the termination of the criminal proceedings  on the basis of the defendant's serious illness. This petition will  be considered at the next court session.

Manvel Grigoryan is accused of illegal possession of weapons and  ammunition in a preliminary conspiracy with his wife Nazik Amiryan,  son Arman Grigoryan and other persons who have not been clarified by  the investigation for embezzlement of property allocated for the  needs of military personnel and volunteers defending the borders of  the Republic of Artsakh in the April four-day war and subsequent days  , tax evasion, embezzlement of public funds and the organization of  property theft with extortion. The investigation on the separated  part of the criminal case against Manvel Grigoryan and his wife Nazik  Amiryan was completed, the case was sent to court, and Grigoryan's  son, Arman Grigoryan, was put on the wanted list.