Case No. GD5/0038/01/10 October 11, 2011 Sevan, Republic of Armenia
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Case No. GD5/0038/01/10 October 11, 2011 Sevan, Republic of Armenia VERDICT IN THE NAME OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA COMMON JURISDICTION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN GEGHARKUNIK REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA Presided by: Judge, S. Manukyan Assisted by: K. Hovhannisyan, V. Ghajoyan, H. Sargsyan, Z. Adamyan, L. Melikyan Participated by: Prosecutor, A. Amirzadyan Victims, A. Gharibyan, A. Manukyan, M. Karapetyan Representative of victims, K. Petrosyan Counsels, S. Aslanyan, L. Torosyan, O. Markosyan, V. Nikolyan, V. Hayrapetyan An open‐court hearing of the criminal case on charges against: Karen Vardges Ghasaboghlyan: born on December 8, 1974 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; Armenian by nationality; citizen of the Republic of Armenia; with higher education; divorced; with one dependent person under his care; convicted with the Verdict issued on July 29, 2010 by the Common Jurisdiction Court of First Instance in Gegharkunik Region of the Republic of Armenia, pursuant to Clauses 2 and 3, Part 2, Article 178, Part 1 and Clause 2.1, Part 2 , Article 266, Part 1 and Clauses 1 and 2, Part 2, Article 268 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; sentenced to 9 (nine) years of imprisonment, with the application of Part 4, Article 66 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; resided at 10 Khaghaghutian Str., Apt. 27, Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; serves the punishment in Penitentiary Institution “Nubarashen” under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia; punishment commenced on March 13, 2009; charges are pressed, pursuant to Clause 2, Part 2, Article 178, Clause 1, Part 3, Article 179 and Clause 1, Part 3, Article 190 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; pleaded partially guilty in the charges pressed against him. Arsen Nurijan Arakelyan: born on April 14, 1961 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; Armenian by nationality; citizen of the Republic of Armenia; with higher education; divorced; with no dependent persons under his care; convicted with the Verdict issued on January 19, 2010 by the Common Jurisdiction Court of First Instance 1 in Gegharkunik Region of the Republic of Armenia, pursuant to Part 2, Article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; sentenced to 2 (two) years and 6 (six) months of imprisonment; released from punishment under Sub‐clause 1, Clause 1 of the Decision on Declaring Amnesty, issued on June 19, 2009 by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia; resided at 19 Sayat Nova Str., Apt. 29, Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; under detention since November 9, 2010; charges are pressed, pursuant to Parts 1 and 2, Article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; pleaded partially guilty in the charges pressed against him. Artur Meruzhan Tovmasyan: born on April 5, 1980 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; Armenian by nationality; citizen of the Republic of Armenia; with higher education; divorced; with two dependent persons under his care; with no prior convictions; unemployed; resides at 13 Khorherdayin Str., Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; not under detention; charges are pressed, pursuant to Clause 2, Part 2, Article 178, Clause 1, Part 3, Article 179, and Clauses 1 and 2, Part 2, Article 190 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; pleaded fully guilty in the charges pressed against him. Narine Azat Navasardyan: born on September 1, 1967 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; Armenian by nationality; citizen of the Republic of Armenia; with secondary‐professional education; married; with no dependent persons under her care; unemployed; convicted with the Verdict issued on January 19, 2010 by the Common Jurisdiction Court of First Instance in Gegharkunik Region of the Republic of Armenia, pursuant to Part 2, Article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; sentenced to 2 (two) years of imprisonment; released from punishment under Sub‐clause 1, Clause 1 of the Decision on Declaring Amnesty, issued on June 19, 2009 by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia; resides at 27 Geghama Str., Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; not under detention; charges are pressed, pursuant to Clause 3, Part 2, Article 38‐179 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; pleaded partially guilty in the charges pressed against her. Sahakanuysh Hayrik Asatryan: born on December 11, 1958 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; Armenian by nationality; citizen of the Republic of Armenia; with secondary‐professional education; married; with one dependent person under her care; unemployed; convicted with the Verdict issued on January 19, 2010 by the Common Jurisdiction Court of First Instance in Gegharkunik Region of the Republic of Armenia, pursuant to Part 2, Article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; sentenced to 2 (two) years of imprisonment; released from punishment under Sub‐clause 1, Clause 1 of the Decision on Declaring Amnesty, issued on June 19, 2009 by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia; resides at 25 Nalbandyan Str., Apt. 25, Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; not under detention; charges are pressed, pursuant to Clause 3, Part 2, Article 38‐179 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; pleaded partially guilty in the charges pressed against her. Ara Rafik Mkrtchyan: born on March 20, 1976 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; Armenian by nationality; citizen of the Republic of Armenia; with higher education; married; with three dependent persons under his care; unemployed; with no prior convictions; resides at 2 Gortsaranayin Str., Apt. 35, Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; not under detention; charges are pressed, pursuant to Part 1, 2 Article 179 and Clause 3, Part 2, Article 38‐179 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; did not plead guilty in the charges pressed against him. Victoria Garnik Asatryan: born on September 11, 1969 in Zovaber, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia, Armenian by nationality; citizen of the Republic of Armenia; with secondary‐professional education; married; with one dependent person under her care; unemployed; with no prior convictions; resides at 16 Khaghaghutian Str., Apt. 6, Sevan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; not under detention; charges are pressed, pursuant to Clause 3, Part 2, Article 38‐179 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; pleaded partially guilty in the charges pressed against her. Pap Telman Manukyan: born on November 21, 1970 in Geghamavan, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia; Armenian by nationality; citizen of the Republic of Armenia; with secondary‐professional education; factually divorced; with three dependent persons under his care; with no prior convictions; resides at 3 Tadevosyan Str., Ashtarak, Republic of Armenia; not under detention; charges are pressed, pursuant to Clause 2, Part 2, Article 178 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia; did not plead guilty in the charges pressed against him. 1. Judicial background of the case Upon misusing their professional powers against the interests of the bank in the period from 2007 to 2009, Arsen Nurijan Arakelyan (worked as a branch manager), Narine Azat Navasardyan (worked as an accountant), and Karen Vardges Ghasaboghlyan (worked as an economist) provided loans without forming proper loan documentation packages in branch “Sevan” of “VTB‐Armenia Bank” CJSC and committed other forms of infringements. Based on this fact, criminal case No. 50104409 was instigated on June 16, 2009 by the Investigative Sub‐division “Sevan” of the Investigative Division “Gegharkunik” under the General Department of Investigations in the Police of the Republic of Armenia, pursuant to Part 1, Article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia. With the decision of the preliminary investigation authority from June 18, 2009, criminal case No. 50104409 was combined with criminal case No. 50102209, the latter being instigated (based on the fact that Karen Vardges Ghasaboghlyan had illegally obtained and possessed 0.62 grams of opium) on March 13, 2009 by the Investigative Sub‐division “Sevan” of the Investigative Division “Gegharkunik” under the General Department of Investigations in the Police of the Republic of Armenia, and the preliminary investigation continued with No. 50102209. On September 29, 2009, Sargis Rafik Voskanyan, a resident of Varser, Gegharkunik, Republic of Armenia, applied to the Police Department in Sevan, reporting that, on October 23, 2007, the employees at branch “Sevan” of “VTB‐Armenia Bank” CJSC had registered and received, without his knowledge, a loan under his name in the amount of 1,000,000 Armenian drams. Based on this fact, criminal case No. 50108409 was instigated on October 2, 2009 by the Investigative Sub‐division “Sevan” of the Investigative Division “Gegharkunik” under the General Department of Investigations in the Police of the Republic of Armenia, pursuant to Part 1, Article 214 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia. 3 With the decision of the preliminary investigation authority from October 26, 2009, the part of criminal case No. 50102209, related to the employees (Karen Vardges Ghasaboghlyan, Arsen Nurijan Arakelyan, and others) at branch “Sevan” of “VTB‐ Armenia Bank” CJSC, was separated from this criminal case and combined with criminal case No. 50108409, and the preliminary investigation continued with No. 50108409. Upon abusing the trust of Alina Aghvan Sargsyan, Pap Telman Manukyan registered a loan in the amount of 600.000 Armenian drams