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CIVILITAS FOUNDATION'S PROPERTY DOCUMENTS SEIZED
tert.am
10.10.12
Armenia's National Security Service (NSS) has made a decision to
confiscate property documents from the Civilitas Foundation.
According to a press release by the organization, the decision, whose
copy was submitted to Civilitas by a deputy head of the Service, M.
Hambardzumyan, calls for confiscating the documents allowing the
transfer and possession of the USD 577 897 and AMD 11 494 000 (about
$3,000) to the Foundation from the Huntsman International LLC and
Polymer Materials Inc., and the USD 1,427,000 through the founder
and head of the Civilitas Trusteeship Board, Vartan Oskanian. The
documents include decisions and minutes by the Trusteeship Board, as
well as any other papers that could deal with the above transactions
(with the exception of accountancy documents justifying the
administrative-managerial costs).
Oskanian, who was Armenia's foreign minister from 1998 until 2008,
quit the Civilitas board in May to join the Prosperous Armenia party
and run for parliament. On May 25, the National Security Council
launched a money laundering proceeding against Civilatas, accusing
the foundation of a failure to report a $1.5 million donation to the
tax authorities. Oskanian's lawyer later asked a Yerevan district the
court to halt the proceeding but his motion was rejected. Prosecutor
General Avghan Hovsepyan later asked the National Assembly to consider
stripping the ex minister of minister of mandate. His petition received
the parliament's approval last week, with the opposition MPs boycotting
the voting.
Tert.am has learned from the Foundation that NSS interrogators visited
the Civilitas on Wednesday to confiscate documents concerning Oskanian
and the criminal proceeding.
tert.am
10.10.12
Armenia's National Security Service (NSS) has made a decision to
confiscate property documents from the Civilitas Foundation.
According to a press release by the organization, the decision, whose
copy was submitted to Civilitas by a deputy head of the Service, M.
Hambardzumyan, calls for confiscating the documents allowing the
transfer and possession of the USD 577 897 and AMD 11 494 000 (about
$3,000) to the Foundation from the Huntsman International LLC and
Polymer Materials Inc., and the USD 1,427,000 through the founder
and head of the Civilitas Trusteeship Board, Vartan Oskanian. The
documents include decisions and minutes by the Trusteeship Board, as
well as any other papers that could deal with the above transactions
(with the exception of accountancy documents justifying the
administrative-managerial costs).
Oskanian, who was Armenia's foreign minister from 1998 until 2008,
quit the Civilitas board in May to join the Prosperous Armenia party
and run for parliament. On May 25, the National Security Council
launched a money laundering proceeding against Civilatas, accusing
the foundation of a failure to report a $1.5 million donation to the
tax authorities. Oskanian's lawyer later asked a Yerevan district the
court to halt the proceeding but his motion was rejected. Prosecutor
General Avghan Hovsepyan later asked the National Assembly to consider
stripping the ex minister of minister of mandate. His petition received
the parliament's approval last week, with the opposition MPs boycotting
the voting.
Tert.am has learned from the Foundation that NSS interrogators visited
the Civilitas on Wednesday to confiscate documents concerning Oskanian
and the criminal proceeding.