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MISSING $10,000: WILL THE GUILTY COPS BE CRIMINALLY CHARGED?
Edik Baghdasaryan
hetq
16:41, March 28, 2012
After Hetq broke the story about the $10,000 that went missing after
being seized by Armenian police investigators from some Italian
swindlers, RA Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan instructed an internal
investigation of the matter.
Many top law enforcement officials knew about the missing money -
RA Deputy Police Chief Gagik Hambardzumyan, Artur Mehrabyan, Chief
of the Arabkir Police, and Artzrun Arakelyan, Chief Investigator at
the Arabkir Police Department.
Then there are the three investigators that had been assigned to the
case - Sergei Varantsovyan, Mikayel Mikayelyan and Paruyr Badalyan.
We also can't leave out the presiding judge for the court session,
Armen Khachatryan, and Khachatur Baghdasaryan, the prosecuting
attorney.
Our police source told us that Gagik Hambardzumyan, who also heads the
Department of Investigations, got personally involved after the Hetq
article and requested that top cop Gasbaryan back an investigation
with the full weight of the police force.
All three investigators naturally denied taking any money and signed
affidavits to that effect in the presence of Artzrun Arakelyan.
Gagik Hambardzumyan also told Vladimir Gasbaryan that this was the
first such incident at the Arabkir Department of Investigations.
However, Gasbaryan had already been apprised about the missing money,
ordering that the internal examination proceed.
Hetq is still waiting for the outcome. In the meantime, we will sit
on the information in our possession.
It's hard to predict whether criminal charges be brought against any
of the above officials.
Perhaps, the police are still looking for a convenient scapegoat.
Edik Baghdasaryan
hetq
16:41, March 28, 2012
After Hetq broke the story about the $10,000 that went missing after
being seized by Armenian police investigators from some Italian
swindlers, RA Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan instructed an internal
investigation of the matter.
Many top law enforcement officials knew about the missing money -
RA Deputy Police Chief Gagik Hambardzumyan, Artur Mehrabyan, Chief
of the Arabkir Police, and Artzrun Arakelyan, Chief Investigator at
the Arabkir Police Department.
Then there are the three investigators that had been assigned to the
case - Sergei Varantsovyan, Mikayel Mikayelyan and Paruyr Badalyan.
We also can't leave out the presiding judge for the court session,
Armen Khachatryan, and Khachatur Baghdasaryan, the prosecuting
attorney.
Our police source told us that Gagik Hambardzumyan, who also heads the
Department of Investigations, got personally involved after the Hetq
article and requested that top cop Gasbaryan back an investigation
with the full weight of the police force.
All three investigators naturally denied taking any money and signed
affidavits to that effect in the presence of Artzrun Arakelyan.
Gagik Hambardzumyan also told Vladimir Gasbaryan that this was the
first such incident at the Arabkir Department of Investigations.
However, Gasbaryan had already been apprised about the missing money,
ordering that the internal examination proceed.
Hetq is still waiting for the outcome. In the meantime, we will sit
on the information in our possession.
It's hard to predict whether criminal charges be brought against any
of the above officials.
Perhaps, the police are still looking for a convenient scapegoat.