Under the procedural lead of the RA Prosecutor General's Office, a combination of sufficient evidence obtained as a result of a large-scale investigation carried out together with the employee of the General Investigation Department of the EIC of the RA IC, the Investigative Department of the RA National Security Service, the RA Police, and the RA SRC within the framework of North-South road corridor program was found out and substantiated a crime scheme with a view to create the illusion of fulfillment of obligations by the employees and leaders of some organizations involved in the provision of consulting services and documentary grounds, as well as on unjustified reduction of tax obligations, distortion of the criminal source of money in especially large amounts obtained on the basis of false documents on cooperation, facilitation to tax evasions by the said company. As a result of the application of the latter, the damage caused, including accrued fines, amounted to more than 2.7 billion AMD.

 

The inspectors of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia were also involved in the implementation of the criminal mechanism.

 

For the commission of these criminal acts, charges were brought against:

 

• Under Part 3 of Art. 38-189, Point 1 of Part 3 of Art. 190 and Part 2 of Art. 38-205 of the RA Criminal Code against the director of the concern "Multi Group", the actual head of "Stons" LLC involved in the specified program - S. Arustamyan and against the coordinator of the company's work G. Sargsyan,  
• Under Part 3 of Art. 38-189, Point 1 of Part 3 of Art. 38-190 and Part 2 of Art. 38-205 of the RA Criminal Code against the coordinator S. Avagyan.
• Under Part 3 of Art. 189, Point 1 of Part 3 of Art. 190, Part 2 of Art. 38-205, Part 2 of Art. 325, Part 1 of Art. 325 and Part 1 of Art. 313 of the RA Criminal Code against the chief accountant of “Stons'' LLC.
• Under Point 1 of Part 3 of Art. 190 of the RA Criminal Code against 2 employees of “Stons'' LLC.
• Under Part 2 of Art. 325 of the RA Criminal Code against the employee of I/E.

 

During the preliminary investigation, an amount of 1 billion AMD was transferred to the deposit account of the RA IC as a guarantee of compensation for the damage caused as a result of criminal acts committed by the employees and managers of “Stons” LLC.

 

The senior prosecutor of the RA Prosecutor General's Office, supervising the legality of the preliminary investigation of the criminal case, approved the indictment on the mentioned episode and the criminal case on the charges against 7 people was sent to the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan with a view to consider the case on the merits.

 

The preliminary investigation on the mentioned episode regarding the inspectors of the RA SRC was completed earlier, the case against them and one more person with an indictment was sent to the court earlier.

 

Full, objective and comprehensive investigation of numerous episodes of the criminal case regarding the program of the North-South road corridor under the prosecutor's supervision and lead is still in process.

 

Notice: Every person suspected in or charged with a criminal offense shall be presumed innocent unless proved guilty in the manner prescribed by the RA Criminal Procedure Code and unless the verdict comes into legal force.