Gagik Tsarukyan and Family Members Summoned by Prosecutor's Office

The leader of the Prosperous Armenia party, Gagik Tsarukyan, along with his family members, has been summoned to the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia in connection with an illegal asset confiscation case. The notifications have been published on the azdarar.am website.

Summoned to the Prosecutor's Office are Gagik Tsarukyan, his wife Javahir Tsarukyan, his mother and father, Roza and Kolik Tsarukyan, their sons Hovhannes and Nver Tsarukyan, and Nver's wife Arpi Avetisyan. They are expected to appear before the Prosecutor's Office on August 21.

It is noted that Tsarukyan and his family members have the right to appear at the office of the Prosecutor General regarding the illegal asset confiscation case within one month of receiving the notification, in order to familiarize themselves with the case materials, present their position, and submit a declaration.

It is worth reminding that Gagik Tsarukyan and the director of Multi Group Concern, Sedrak Arustamyan, have been charged under part 2 of Article 154.2 of the previous Criminal Code (bribery of voters). According to the prosecutor's office, the incident occurred during the parliamentary elections in Armenia on April 2, 2017, when bribes were given in favor of a specific candidate.

On April 21, 2023, a prosecutorial conclusion approved by the supervising prosecutor was submitted to the Anti-Corruption Court along with the case materials. On May 2, it became known that the Anti-Corruption Court had accepted the case concerning Tsarukyan and Arustamyan.