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DIASPORAN ARMENIAN WHO PURCHASED HOME IN YEREVAN 'CHEATED' OUT OF 30 MILLION DRAMS
epress.am
1.27.2012
Diasporan Armenian Georges Tovmasian, who claims that a company by
the name of Dershin embezzled 30 million drams (approx. $77.6 thousand
USD) from him, has taken the case to a Yerevan district court, where
it was heard today.
Tovmasian's representative, Samvel Jaghinyan, asked the court today
to annul the investigator's decision not to launch a criminal case
and launch criminal proceedings against the company.
According to the plaintiff's representative, his client had been living
in Germany for years but decided to retire in Armenia. In May 2010,
Tovmasian decided to build a home in Armenia and relocate with his
family. Having health issues, Tovmasian authorized Dershin director
Edik Stepanyan to carry out the work of building this home in the
Yerevan district of Vahagn. Since then, Tovmasian has poured 75
million drams (approx. $194 thousand USD) into the project - these
funds were transfered directly to the company, which, in return,
sent deeds that bore the company's seal and appropriate signatures.
However, independent experts have valued the amount of work done on
the house at 45 million drams (approx. $116.4 thousand USD), leading
the plaintiff to believe he was cheated out of 30 million drams.
As Tovmasian told Epress.am in conversation, as the building was built
in Vahagn district, all construction materials brought in were counted
and noted in the books, which proves that not all of the money he
wired to the company was spent on building the property.
"They trick you from beginning to end. The investigator doesn't believe
my arguments, the documents with [the company] seal and signatures,
but he believes their lies," said Tovmasian indignantly.
Defense prosecutor Arsen Pekinyan, however, considered the evidence to
be unfounded. "In this dispute, there are no indicators of a criminal
offense. This is purely a civil case and should be examined in civil
court," he said.
Judge Mkhitar Papoyan seemed to agree as he overruled the lawsuit.
The plaintiff's attorney said they will appeal the ruling.
"The Diaspora Minister says 'come home' [a campaign slogan aimed at
Diaspora Armenians to come to Armenia]. We come home so they can rob
us? People abroad hear stories like mine and they don't come.
But I won't go. I will fight for my rights," said Georges Tovmasian.
epress.am
1.27.2012
Diasporan Armenian Georges Tovmasian, who claims that a company by
the name of Dershin embezzled 30 million drams (approx. $77.6 thousand
USD) from him, has taken the case to a Yerevan district court, where
it was heard today.
Tovmasian's representative, Samvel Jaghinyan, asked the court today
to annul the investigator's decision not to launch a criminal case
and launch criminal proceedings against the company.
According to the plaintiff's representative, his client had been living
in Germany for years but decided to retire in Armenia. In May 2010,
Tovmasian decided to build a home in Armenia and relocate with his
family. Having health issues, Tovmasian authorized Dershin director
Edik Stepanyan to carry out the work of building this home in the
Yerevan district of Vahagn. Since then, Tovmasian has poured 75
million drams (approx. $194 thousand USD) into the project - these
funds were transfered directly to the company, which, in return,
sent deeds that bore the company's seal and appropriate signatures.
However, independent experts have valued the amount of work done on
the house at 45 million drams (approx. $116.4 thousand USD), leading
the plaintiff to believe he was cheated out of 30 million drams.
As Tovmasian told Epress.am in conversation, as the building was built
in Vahagn district, all construction materials brought in were counted
and noted in the books, which proves that not all of the money he
wired to the company was spent on building the property.
"They trick you from beginning to end. The investigator doesn't believe
my arguments, the documents with [the company] seal and signatures,
but he believes their lies," said Tovmasian indignantly.
Defense prosecutor Arsen Pekinyan, however, considered the evidence to
be unfounded. "In this dispute, there are no indicators of a criminal
offense. This is purely a civil case and should be examined in civil
court," he said.
Judge Mkhitar Papoyan seemed to agree as he overruled the lawsuit.
The plaintiff's attorney said they will appeal the ruling.
"The Diaspora Minister says 'come home' [a campaign slogan aimed at
Diaspora Armenians to come to Armenia]. We come home so they can rob
us? People abroad hear stories like mine and they don't come.
But I won't go. I will fight for my rights," said Georges Tovmasian.