Anti-Corruption Court targets inner circle of former PM Hovik  Abrahamyan

ArmInfo. Armenia's Anti-Corruption Court has officially accepted a series of high-profile lawsuits filed by the General Prosecutor's Office, targeting the alleged "illicit assets" of Hovik Abrahamyan's brother  and two sons-in-law, former Prime Minister and former Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic.  The General Prosecutor's Department for the Recovery of Illicit Property is seeking to return millions in cash, real estate, and corporate shares to the state.

Specifically, as noted in the supervisory authority's statement, in  one of the lawsuits, the Department for Confiscation of Illegally  Produced Assets of the Prosecutor General's Office demands to  confiscate from former National Assembly member Henrikh Abrahamyan  and his associates surrender 13 real estate properties in favor of  the Republic of Armenia, 12 of which are located in the village of  Mkhchyan in the Artashat community of the Ararat region, one in the  village of Marmarashen in the Masis community, five cars, and  participation in two legal entities. The remaining illegally obtained  funds amount to approximately 270 million 840,000 drams.

In another lawsuit, the Prosecutor General's Office demands to  confiscate from Vahan Mamikonyan, former Deputy Prosecutor of the  Shengavit district of Yerevan, former head of a department of the  State Tax Administration, and persons associated with him, 8 real  estate properties in favor of the Republic of Armenia, 3 of which are  located in the village of Mkhchyan in the Artashat community of the  Ararat region, 1 in the village of Marmarik in the Tsaghkadzor  district of the Kotayk region, 1 in the Kentron administrative  district of Yerevan, 3 in the village of Nshavan in the Artashat  community of the Ararat region, as well as 446 million 691,000 drams  as the remainder of illegally acquired funds. 

In another lawsuit, the Prosecutor General's Office demands to  confiscate from Vladimir Tamrazyan, who held the positions of Head of  the Customs Service Department of the State Revenue Committee, Deputy  Head of the Ararat Regional Customs Office, Head of the Zvartnots  Customs Office of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia,  and Head of the Western Customs Department of the State Revenue  Committee, three vehicles, a stake in one legal entity, and  303,918,000 drams as the remaining illegal funds, in favor of the  Republic of Armenia.