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The Prosecutor General’s Office requires confiscation of about AMD 1 billion from Hasmik Poghosyan, former RA Minister of Culture in favor of the state

31/01/2024

On January 25, 2024, the Anti-corruption court accepted 98th statement of claim into the proceedings regarding confiscation of property of illicit origin.

 

The Department of Confiscation of Property of Illicit Origin of the Prosecutor General’s Office submitted a claim to the court on confiscating from Hasmik Poghosyan, former RA Minister of Culture and related persons in favor of the Republic of Armenia:  

       

  • AMD 301 million 218 thousand as a balance of illicit funds, which is an amount received from the use or transformation of the property of illicit origin, 

 

  • AMD 567 million 396 thousand which was not substantiated by the lawful income of the person, had an illicit origin and is not possible to confiscate as it was transferred to a bona fide purchaser and/or could not be identified,

 

  • Participation in 1 legal person,

 

  • AMD 3 million 331thousand—a right of claim stemming from the loan,

 

  • AMD 4 million 863 thousand—market value of the transportation means that previously belonged to the former minister.