Hayk Galstyan, the beneficial owner of Multi Transport LLC, a company owned by Prosperous Armenia party leader and businessman Gagik Tsarukyan, has been placed in pre-trial detention, Sputnik Armenia reported.
Armenia’s Investigative Committee said that, as part of criminal proceedings launched over the alleged non-payment of 1,137,016,645 drams in taxes, public criminal prosecution has been initiated against the company’s director, Artur Dallakyan, and its sole participant and beneficial owner, Hayk Galstyan.
They are charged under Points 1 and 2 of Part 3 of Article 290 of Armenia’s Criminal Code with allegedly failing to pay taxes on an especially large scale by prior agreement as a group.
Preventive measures imposed on Artur Dallakyan include house arrest, bail set at 15 million drams and a travel restriction. Hayk Galstyan has been placed in pre-trial detention.
The preliminary investigation is ongoing.
On July 31, it was reported that law enforcement officers had conducted investigative actions at Multi Transport LLC, carried out searches and detained the company’s director, Artur Dallakyan.
Early on July 6, officers from Armenia’s National Security Service, State Revenue Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Police conducted simultaneous searches at more than 70 locations, including Tsarukyan’s residence and companies affiliated with him. Tsarukyan was detained. On July 7, the Avan and Nor Nork Court of General Jurisdiction considered his pre-trial measure, and by the end of the day it became known that he had been placed in pre-trial detention for two months.
Ararat Cement and the Yerevan Ararat Brandy-Wine-Vodka Factory have been transferred to the administration of the Republic of Armenia, the Multi Wellness fitness center building has been transferred to Yerevan City Hall, and the Prosecutor’s Office has asked the court to confiscate 75 real estate properties and approximately 106 billion drams from Gagik Tsarukyan.
