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    RULING PARTY DENIES LINKS BETWEEN ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND THIEF-IN-LAW

    Interfax
    Oct 19 2010
    Russia

    Ruling party denies links between Armenian president and thief-in-law
    Armenia's ruling Republican Party (HKK) has denied rumors about
    alleged links between President Serzh Sargsian and Armen Kazarian,
    a thief-in law who has been arrested in the United States.

    "Absurd, ridiculous, false information a million kilometers from
    reality," Eduard Sharmazanov, secretary of the Sargsian-led HKK's
    parliamentary faction, told Interfax on Monday.

    Earlier, Viktor Sogomonian, chief of staff of the country's
    ex-President Robert Kocharian, dismissed allegations that the latter
    had close ties with Kazarian.

    "This is absurd. Naturally, I deny such rumors," Sogomonian told
    Interfax.

    He also denied that Kazarian had been among the guests at Kocharian's
    son wedding.

    Last week, the opposition Armenian National Congress accused the
    current and former governments of connection with crime bosses,
    including Kazarian.

    On October 13, more than 40 members of a crime syndicate led by a
    group of Armenian immigrants and citizens of Armenia were arrested
    in New York and Los Angeles.

    The syndicate stole about $163 million from a health insurance fund,
    Medicare, by submitting fraudulent claims from 118 phantom medical
    clinics in 25 U.S. states.

    According to a U.S. prosecutor, the syndicate's bosses maintained close
    ties with Armenia, repeatedly travelling there and buying real estate.

    Earlier, the Armenian Prosecutor General's Office voiced offered
    assistance in investigating the case. The Armenian Foreign Ministry
    voiced readiness to cooperate and regretted the fact that Armenian
    citizens were among the criminals.




    From: A. Papazian
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