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VARTAN OSKANIAN IS NOT GOING TO BEAR WITNESS TO NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE ABOUT MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
arminfo
Monday, October 8, 13:01
Ex-foreign minister of Armenia, a deputy from the Prosperous Armenia
Party, Vartan Oskanian, said at his Facebook page that he is not going
to bear witness to National Security Service about the case on money
laundering by the Civilitas Foundation set up by him.
He also added that in compliance with the summons sent to him, he
will go to the NSS on 8 October at 12:00 PM, but is not going to bear
witness there. "Today, not only people do not believe that Oskanyan was
dealing with money laundering and pocketing, but also the "authors"
of the case, its customers, investigators and those which satisfied
the prosecutor's motion about striping me of immunity. All of them
know - all this is absurd", - Oskanyan said.
To recall, on October 2 the National Assembly voted by 64 ballots
for, six against, and with one invalid vote in favor of Prosecutor
General's petition to include Vartan Oskanian as a defendant in a
criminal lawsuit. On May 25 NSS Department of Investigation filed a
criminal lawsuit on charges of money laundering with respect to The
Civilitas Foundation.
The NSS Press Center had informed that an investigation is underway
in connection with selling the 100-percent shares of the Huntsman
Building Products Company for around $2 million, but not informing
Armenia's tax authorities about this business deal; not using for
charitable purposes $1,135,000 of that amount envisioned for charity;
transferring this amount to the bank accounts opened under the names
of the Civilitas Foundation's founder Vartan Oskanian, and of the
Foundation's Board of Trustees member Tigran Karapetyan; and using
some of this amount for private purposes.
arminfo
Monday, October 8, 13:01
Ex-foreign minister of Armenia, a deputy from the Prosperous Armenia
Party, Vartan Oskanian, said at his Facebook page that he is not going
to bear witness to National Security Service about the case on money
laundering by the Civilitas Foundation set up by him.
He also added that in compliance with the summons sent to him, he
will go to the NSS on 8 October at 12:00 PM, but is not going to bear
witness there. "Today, not only people do not believe that Oskanyan was
dealing with money laundering and pocketing, but also the "authors"
of the case, its customers, investigators and those which satisfied
the prosecutor's motion about striping me of immunity. All of them
know - all this is absurd", - Oskanyan said.
To recall, on October 2 the National Assembly voted by 64 ballots
for, six against, and with one invalid vote in favor of Prosecutor
General's petition to include Vartan Oskanian as a defendant in a
criminal lawsuit. On May 25 NSS Department of Investigation filed a
criminal lawsuit on charges of money laundering with respect to The
Civilitas Foundation.
The NSS Press Center had informed that an investigation is underway
in connection with selling the 100-percent shares of the Huntsman
Building Products Company for around $2 million, but not informing
Armenia's tax authorities about this business deal; not using for
charitable purposes $1,135,000 of that amount envisioned for charity;
transferring this amount to the bank accounts opened under the names
of the Civilitas Foundation's founder Vartan Oskanian, and of the
Foundation's Board of Trustees member Tigran Karapetyan; and using
some of this amount for private purposes.