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NSS: PROSECUTION OF OSKANIAN TERMINATED
The Investigative Service of the National Security Service has stated
to terminate prosecution against Vartan Oskanian who was accused
of using for personal purposes 250,795.26 USD of the sum donated
to Civilitas Foundation by John Huntsman for benevolent purposes,
viewing this as his share of the transaction.
At the same time, according to the press release of the NSS, Mr.
Oskanian has agreed to pay tax liability incurred on him in the
amount calculated by the tax service. In this regard he made a
statement admitting that he used the money of Civilitas for his
personal purposes and soliciting for termination of prosecution in
the event of compensation of tax amount by him. He stated ready to
pay the tax liabilities amounting to 20,140,324 AMD.
Vartan Oskanian admits that there might have been financial and
administrative shortcomings and there was no intent to embezzle the
sum and legalize it.
The National Security Service has decided to re-qualify Vartan
Oskanian's act as malicious avoidance of paying a particularly big
amount of taxes under Article 205 Para 2 of the Criminal Code and
terminate the prosecution.
11:35 24/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/right/view/30532
The Investigative Service of the National Security Service has stated
to terminate prosecution against Vartan Oskanian who was accused
of using for personal purposes 250,795.26 USD of the sum donated
to Civilitas Foundation by John Huntsman for benevolent purposes,
viewing this as his share of the transaction.
At the same time, according to the press release of the NSS, Mr.
Oskanian has agreed to pay tax liability incurred on him in the
amount calculated by the tax service. In this regard he made a
statement admitting that he used the money of Civilitas for his
personal purposes and soliciting for termination of prosecution in
the event of compensation of tax amount by him. He stated ready to
pay the tax liabilities amounting to 20,140,324 AMD.
Vartan Oskanian admits that there might have been financial and
administrative shortcomings and there was no intent to embezzle the
sum and legalize it.
The National Security Service has decided to re-qualify Vartan
Oskanian's act as malicious avoidance of paying a particularly big
amount of taxes under Article 205 Para 2 of the Criminal Code and
terminate the prosecution.
11:35 24/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/right/view/30532