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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE PETITIONS TO GEORGIA TO EXTRADITE ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN INVOLVED IN OFFSHORE SCANDAL
February 04, 2014 | 15:45
YEREVAN. - The Armenia Prosecutor General's Office has applied to
Georgia, with a petition to extradite Armenian businessman Ashot
Sukiasyan, who is involved in an offshore scandal.
The Prosecutor General's Office press service informed the aforesaid
to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The office of the Armenian Prosecutor General has sent a petition
to the Office of the Attorney General of Georgia, with a request to
extradite Sukiasyan--who is under international investigation--to
Armenia's law enforcement agencies, so that criminal proceedings may
be launched against him.
The extradition request is under consideration.
Sukiasyan was caught on January 31, in Georgian capital city Tbilisi,
with the assistance of the Interpol National Central Bureau in Armenia
and as a result of cooperation with the Georgian law enforcement.
As reported earlier, Ashot Sukiasyan had sent a letter to the then
Armenian Prosecutor General, and its photocopy to Hetq.am news agency,
and specifically written as follows: "I would like to reflect on the
WLISPERA HOLDINGS LIMITED offshore organization. I am the founder of
this organization, and I am the one who wrote shares in the names of
[Armenian PM Tigran] Sargsyan and [Archbishop Navasard] Kjoyan [the
Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church], without their knowledge and consent. I did this
to keep my business away from harassment. I did not realize that this
could have implications."
The Armenian General Investigation Department had laid charges on
Sukiasyan, and on the grounds of committing fraud, causing property
damage, and legalizing criminally-earned income. Arrest was set as
his restraining order.
Earlier, Hetq.am had written that Tigran Sargsyan, Archbishop Navasard
Kjoyan, and "jeweler" Ashot Sukiasyan are shareholders in an offshore
company called Wlispera Holdings Limited, which is registered in
Cyprus. Sargsyan and Kjoyan, however, have denied their involvement
in such a company.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
February 04, 2014 | 15:45
YEREVAN. - The Armenia Prosecutor General's Office has applied to
Georgia, with a petition to extradite Armenian businessman Ashot
Sukiasyan, who is involved in an offshore scandal.
The Prosecutor General's Office press service informed the aforesaid
to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The office of the Armenian Prosecutor General has sent a petition
to the Office of the Attorney General of Georgia, with a request to
extradite Sukiasyan--who is under international investigation--to
Armenia's law enforcement agencies, so that criminal proceedings may
be launched against him.
The extradition request is under consideration.
Sukiasyan was caught on January 31, in Georgian capital city Tbilisi,
with the assistance of the Interpol National Central Bureau in Armenia
and as a result of cooperation with the Georgian law enforcement.
As reported earlier, Ashot Sukiasyan had sent a letter to the then
Armenian Prosecutor General, and its photocopy to Hetq.am news agency,
and specifically written as follows: "I would like to reflect on the
WLISPERA HOLDINGS LIMITED offshore organization. I am the founder of
this organization, and I am the one who wrote shares in the names of
[Armenian PM Tigran] Sargsyan and [Archbishop Navasard] Kjoyan [the
Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church], without their knowledge and consent. I did this
to keep my business away from harassment. I did not realize that this
could have implications."
The Armenian General Investigation Department had laid charges on
Sukiasyan, and on the grounds of committing fraud, causing property
damage, and legalizing criminally-earned income. Arrest was set as
his restraining order.
Earlier, Hetq.am had written that Tigran Sargsyan, Archbishop Navasard
Kjoyan, and "jeweler" Ashot Sukiasyan are shareholders in an offshore
company called Wlispera Holdings Limited, which is registered in
Cyprus. Sargsyan and Kjoyan, however, have denied their involvement
in such a company.
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