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The preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated with respect to taking bribes of particularly big amount by the staff of the ‘Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts’ SNCO ended at the Department of especially important cases of the Chief Investigation Department of the RA Police. The Prosecutor realizing the court’s procedure confirmed the accusation conclusion. ‘Pastinfo.am’ was informed about it from the RA Prosecutor General’s Office.

According to information obtained as a result of preliminary investigation, the vice-rector of the YSAFA SNCO S. Gevorgyan and the Head of the Computer Graphics and Decorative Applied Art Department H. Payaslyan, being authorities with separate organizational functions, at the same time being the vice-president and responsible secretary respectively of the 2012-2013 academic year Admissions Committee and assuming personal responsibility for a proper and effective addressing of the issues appeared, as well as being granted the powers of coordinating the work of others and helping the applicants, used the powers vested on them contrary to the interests of the service.

According to the preliminary investigation results S. Grigoryan and H. Payaslyan having misused their official powers accepted the suggestion of taking a bribe of a particularly big amount of 1, 371, 510 AMD equal to 3500 USD from the parents of the applicant of the Academy Edward Barbaryan, A. Yenoqyan and A. Fahradyan with the help of the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts Kh. Azizyan. Afterwards in May 2012 with the help of Kh. Azizyan, S. Gevorgyan and H. Payaslyan received from A. Yenqoyan and A. Fahradyan a bribe of a particularly big amount of 1, 371, 510 AMD equal to 3500 USD in order to ensure high marks at the entrance exam that will be enough for the applicant to enter the Academy.

Based on the proofs obtained S. Gevorgyan and H. Payalsyan were charged in accordance with Article 311, Section 4, Clause 2 of the RA Criminal Code, Kh. Azizyan was charged in accordance with Article 313, Section 1 of the RA Criminal Code and A. Fahradyan and A. Yenoqyan in accordance with Article 312, Section 3, Clause 1 of the RA Criminal Code.

The criminal case was sent to the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of Center and Norq Marash administrative districts of Yerevan.