RA Investigative Committee  accuses Samvel Karapetyan of tax evasion,  fraud, money laundering, and public calls for the seizure of power

ArmInfo.The Investigative Committee of Armenia has accused Samvel Karapetyan, head of the  Tashir Group, of tax evasion, fraud, money laundering, and public calls for the seizure of power and the violent overthrow of the constitutional order. The case with the indictment has been sent to the prosecuto for approval and referral to court for consideration.

According to a statement from the Investigative Committee, the  preliminary investigation of the criminal case against S.K., the  owner of Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC, as well as V.T. and  A.Kh., who managed the companies they owned, has been completed. The  case involves tax evasion on an especially large scale, embezzlement  of property through fraud using official position or influence  obtained through it on an especially large scale, money laundering on  an especially large scale, illegal activity using a legal entity, as  well as S.K.'s public calls for the seizure of power and the violent  overthrow of the constitutional order.

"The criminal case, along with the indictment, has been sent to the  supervising prosecutor, with a motion for approval and referral to  the court for consideration", the RA Investigative Committee's  statement reads.