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GEORGIA TO EXTRADITE ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN INVOLVED IN OFFSHORE SCANDAL
June 04, 2014 | 16:34
Georgian justice minister signed documents to extradite Armenian
businessman Ashot Sukiasyan who is involved in an offshore scandal.
According to Armenian Prosecutor's Office, the businessman will be
handed over to the Armenian police.
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.
The scandal broke out after Armenian media outlet wrote 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.
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.
http://news.am/eng/news/212733.html
June 04, 2014 | 16:34
Georgian justice minister signed documents to extradite Armenian
businessman Ashot Sukiasyan who is involved in an offshore scandal.
According to Armenian Prosecutor's Office, the businessman will be
handed over to the Armenian police.
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.
The scandal broke out after Armenian media outlet wrote 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.
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.
http://news.am/eng/news/212733.html