The preliminary investigation under the criminal proceedings initiated as a result of operative-investigative activities carried out by the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic of Armenia established that private entrepreneurs who received the qualification of cartographer, topographer, geodesist and land surveyor from the State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre of the Republic of Armenia, having entered into a preliminary agreement, as part of a group, received a bribe from a citizen for falsifying qualitative and quantitative data on unauthorized buildings located in the territory of the city of Artashat, Ararat Marz of the Republic of Armenia, and entering them into the electronic system of the Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia, part of which they transferred to an official of the Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia in exchange for ensuring unimpeded registration of unauthorized buildings under the specified conditions.
In addition, the preliminary investigation revealed that the said private entrepreneurs, having provided information from a person carrying out projecting activities in the city of Artashat, as well as a former employee of the Urban Development and Land Use Department of the Artashat Municipality, prepared a fake architectural and construction assignment for the development of project documentation for the construction of a residential building and auxiliary buildings belonging to another citizen.
6 persons were charged for committing the above-mentioned criminal acts. The official of the RA Cadastre Committee was charged under Article 435, Part 2, Clause 3 of the RA Criminal Code for accepting a bribe. Arrest has been applied as a measure of restriction against him. 2 private entrepreneurs were also charged with aiding and abetting bribery and accepting bribes in the private sector, as well as preparing and selling false documents as part of a group. Arrest has also been applied as a measure of restriction against one of them, and home arrest has been applied against the other.
During the preliminary investigation, charges have also been brought against the citizen who gave the bribe and the persons who assisted in preparing false documents.
The preliminary investigation under the criminal proceedings has been completed, and the materials of the proceedings have been sent to the RA Anti-Corruption Court with an indictment.
Notification. the person accused of a crime is considered innocent until his guilt is proven in accordance with the procedure established by the RA Criminal Procedure Code by a verdict entered into legal force.
