TRIAL ON APPEAL OF PLAINTIFF'S SIDE CONCERNING CASE FILED
AGAINST MANAGEMENT OF "ROYAL ARMENIA" COMPANY POSTPONED
20-08-2007 18:00:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, AUGUST 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The trial on the appeal
made by the plaintiff's side against the decision of the Court
of First Instance concerning the criminal case filed against
Aram Ghazarian, the Deputy Director of the "Royal Armenia"
company, and co-owner Gagik Hakobian appointed in the Appeal
Court on criminal cases did not take place on August 20. Gagik
Hakobian, one of the defendants, did not appear in court, who,
according to the defensive side, is receiving treatment in
Spain.
The plaintiff's side declared that the defensive side
should present a written proof of that fact to the court. The
court postponed the trial until August 29 in order to find out
the reasons for the absence of Gagik Hakobian and the possible
term for standing in front of the court.
It should also be mentioned that this criminal case was
filed on March 10, 2005 and Gagik Hakobian and Aram Ghazarian
were put under arrest in the seventh month of the preliminary
examination.
The defendants were found not guilty and set free from the
court hall by the July 16, 2007 verdict of the Court of First
Instance of the Kentron and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan.
According to the verdict, the prosecution brought the charges of
faking invoices, evading tax payment by using these invoices,
smuggling goods, legalizing illegal incomes, and taking property
of Federal Investment Group company by fraud against the
defendants based only on assumptions, the charges were not
proven and well-founded.