In the framework of the criminal case initiated on the abuses recorded during the process of fixing and paying pensions the preliminary investigation on the part of the abuses found in Gyumri territorial subdivision was completed. The prosecutor implementing prosecutorial supervision confirmed the bill of indictment, at the same time he submitted a petition to the court on restoring the damage inflicted to the state.

According to the factual data obtained during the pre-trial proceeding 5 persons were involved as a defendant for squandering a particularly large amount of pension money, funeral benefits and heritable money from 2008 to 2010.

Thus,
According to the materials of criminal case the head of Gyumri territorial subdivision of Social Security State Service of RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Eduard Varzhapetyan reaching a prior agreement on squandering a particularly large amount of money with the operator of the same subdivision Artur Abrahamyan, from 2007 to 2009 from pension depository had separated the data of pensioners who had not received pension for a long time and in the name of those pensioners had prepared false applications on restarting the detained payment of pension.

E. Varzhapetyan had given the mentioned documents to A. Abrahamyan who had involved the separated data in appropriate payment lists, had confirmed the payment fact with false signatures, received the pension money and passing the received money to E. Varzhapetyan had swindled a particularly large amount of money drawn out in the name of 9 pensioners, as well as had committed official forgery.

According to the materials of criminal case, later, A. Abrahamyan by E. Varzhapetyan’s instruction had removed the data of swindled money from pension depository. According to the agreement E. Varzhapetyan had given A. Abrahamyan 10 percent of the received money.

According to the preliminary investigation data, the responsible person for heritage payment subdivision R. Mnatsakanyan, out of personal interests, abusing official authorities, from 2008 to 2010 being aware of the fact that the inspector-payers of the same subdivision Kima Piloyan and Anya Khachatryan had made groundless payment of pension money in the name of pensioners to the operator Artur Abrahamyan,as well as being aware of swindling a particularly large amount of money by the group of the mentioned people, had not prevented the groundless drawing out and swindling of state budget resources.

On the contrary, he had received and confirmed the reports on paying pension money, funeral benefits and heritable money from his actual wife Kima Piloyan and Anya Khachatryan, had submitted reports on them to payment service, had signed acts of accounts. So, Kima Piloyan, Anya Khachatryan and Artur Abrahamyan had an opportunity to swindle a significant amount of pension money by a group inflicting the state a damage of particularly large amount.

On the base of the obtained evidence E. Varzhapetyan was accused according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 179 and the Article 314 of RA Criminal Code,

Artur Abrahamyan was accused according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 179, the Article 38-314 and the Part 1 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code,

Kima Piloyan was accused according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 179 and the Part 1 of the Article 325 of RA Criminal Code,

Ruben Mnatsakanyan was accused according to the Part 2 of the Article 308 of RA Criminal Code.

Anya Khachatryan was involved as a defendant according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 179 and the Part 1 of the Article 325. The part on her was separated as a separate proceeding and taking into consideration that it is not known where she is, was detained. Measures are taken to find Anya Khachatryan.

Totally, the damage inflicted to the state was estimated 91.560.299 AMD 3.000.000 AMD of which E. Varzhapetyan restored during the preliminary investigation. The Department of State Interest Protection of RA Prosecutor General’s Office submitted a petition to the court to confiscate the rest of the money – 88.560.299 AMD from the mentioned 4 defendants.

We remind that in May, 2011 a criminal case was initiated on the abuses recorded in the process of fixing and paying pensions in the Department of State Interest Protection of RA Prosecutor General’s Office. The implementation of the preliminary investigation of it was tasked to the Investigation Department of Especially Important Cases of General Investigation Department of RA Police adjunct to government.