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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS. At the decision of Prosecutor General Artak Davtyan, former Minister of Justice Hrayr Tovmasyan – who is the incumbent Chairman of the Constitutional Court, has been indicted on two counts of misconduct in a criminal investigation into alleged abuse of power committed by Tovmasyan in 2012-2013.
The prosecution said it had sufficient evidence to indict Tovmasyan.
He is suspected in appropriating the office space of a notary and then concealing his ownership of it by having an accomplice buy it. Then, authorities say, he leased the area to the notary office and received a total of more than 11 million drams in rent fees.
He is also suspected in pressuring the Notary Chamber to lease property owned by him, as a result benefiting another 10 million drams in fees.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan