Where Mihran Poghosyan Was Found: Details

The Special Investigative Service officially informed on April 15 that an investigator had decided to engage Mihran Poghosyan, the former chief enforcer of judicial acts in Armenia, as a defendant under Article 179, Part 3, Clause 1 and Article 308, Part 2 of the Armenian Criminal Code.

According to the charges, Mihran Poghosyan, who held the position of chief enforcer of judicial acts from June 11, 2008, appointed a personal security agent as the first-class consultant in the operational division of the enforcement service of the Ministry of Justice and his personal driver as a leading consultant in the same division.

As employees of the mentioned division, they did not actually attend work and did not perform any duties arising from their positions. Instead, they executed personal assignments from Mihran Poghosyan, for which they received salaries and equal payments totaling 44,199,463 Armenian drams.

As a result, Mihran Poghosyan, misusing his official position, embezzled a particularly large amount of money from the state budget, specifically 44,199,463 Armenian drams.

Moreover, Mihran Poghosyan, using his official position contrary to the interests of the service, for profit-driven motives, violated the requirements set forth by law and government decisions by concluding contracts for purchasing goods and providing services through trusted individuals with organizations operating under his management.

On April 13, 2019, an investigator of the Armenian Special Investigative Service submitted a motion to the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan for the selection of pre-trial detention as a measure of restraint against Mihran Poghosyan.