Monday, June 14 2021 20:25

ArmInfo.  Head of the Goris community, Arushan Arushanyan, is suspected of abuse of office, engaging in illegal business, violating the rules for the protection  and use of mineral resources, as well as deliberately causing  moderate harm to health.

Thus, according to the Investigative Committee of Armenia, in the  course of the investigative measures carried out within the framework  of the initiated criminal case, factual evidence was obtained that  Arushanyan, since November 2017, holding the post of the head of  Goris, in order to engage in the extraction and processing of  minerals in the administrative territory of the village of Verishen  of the Goris community , at first registered the right of ownership  of 0.555 hectares of agricultural land within the administrative  boundaries of the Verishen community to his community, and then, by  the decision of the Goris community council, put them up for auction.

At the same time, to engage in entrepreneurial activities subject to  licensing in this area, A. Arushanyan founded a limited liability  company in the name of his relative. The day after the founding of  the company, in June 2019, the land plot was put up for sale, and in  July Arushanyan's relative became its owner.

According to the RA IC, then, on two plots with a total area of 9146  sq.m, formally belonging to a relative of Arushanyan, production was  carried out without concluding a subsoil use contract with an  authorized body, in violation of a number of regulatory requirements  governing the field, including in terms of permissible emission  limits, positive assessment of the impact on the environment, etc.  from the second quarter of 2020 until March 10, 2021, illegally  carried out activities on these lands without a proper license. 

Thus, the state suffered large-scale damage in the total amount of  28,218,821 drams, as well as significant damage to the population of  the community, the environment and subsoil in the total amount of  699,737 drams, to individuals - 774,198 drams.

In addition, Arushanyan is accused of extortion (with the use of harm  to health) a Nissan Pathfinder car and an apartment from an employee  of another enterprise owned by his family in exchange for filling the  deficit revealed at the enterprise in the amount of AMD 33 million.  Arushanyan is also accused of beating up a resident of Goris just  because the latter overtook his car.

According to the RA IC, Arushan Arushanyan was charged on the basis  of Art. 308, part 1, art. 188, part 3 p. 1, art. 291 h. 2, art. 322  part 2, article 113 part 2 paragraph 3 and paragraph 6 of the RA  Criminal Code.  Bail was chosen as a preventive measure. Arushanyan's  property was seized in the amount of damage caused to the state.

Two friends of the latter were charged under clauses 3 and 6 of part  2 of Article 113 of the RA Criminal Code, and the commercial director  of a limited liability company was charged under Article 1 of Part 3  of Article 38-188 of the RA Criminal Code. A written undertaking not  to leave was chosen as a preventive measure in relation to these  persons.

The preliminary investigation is completed the criminal case with the  indictment has been sent to the prosecutor's office for its further  referral to the court.