RA Prosecutor`s Office launches prosecution of managers pf companies associated with Robert Kocharyan

ArmInfo. On August 25, 2026,  the Armenian Prosecutor's Office opened public criminal cases against  the heads of companies associated with the second President of the  Republic of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan.

According to the press service of the supervisory authority, criminal  cases have been opened against the current director of Gritti LLC,  I.Kh.; the former director of the same company, G.M.; the director of  FAST CARD LLC, operating under the PLAY CITY trademark, A.A.; and the  director of KINETICHE CJSC, K.A., for large-scale tax evasion.

In particular, during the criminal investigation conducted by the  Investigative Committee, it was established that I.Kh., who has been  the director of Gritti LLC, a retail chain of clothing stores located  at 3 Severny Prospekt (Stefano Ricci) and 12 Tumanyan Street, since  March 7, 2018, included distorted data in tax calculations submitted  to the tax inspectorate in order to avoid paying particularly large  amounts of taxes, as a result of which he deliberately did not  calculate and did not pay particularly large amounts of taxes to the  state budget in the amount of 1 billion 577 million 83 thousand  drams. The criminal investigation also established that G.M., who  served as director of Gritti LLC from May 25, 2007, to March 2018,  misrepresented tax returns submitted to the tax office, resulting in  his deliberate failure to calculate and pay taxes to the state budget  in an especially large amount-328 million 664 thousand drams.

In a separate case being heard by the Investigative Committee, the  prosecutor opened a public criminal case against A.A., who served as  director of FAST CARD LLC, operating under the PLAY CITY trademark at  35 Acharyan Street, from February 13, 2004, and from July 1, 2025, to  June 23, 2026, failed to pay taxes in an especially large amount-141  million 54 thousand drams.

In another case before the Investigative Committee, the prosecutor  opened a public criminal case against K.A., who served as director of  KINETICHE CJSC (Orange Fitness), a sports services company located at  7/1 Tsitsernakaberd Highway, since October 17, 2012, for tax evasion  on an especially large scale - 520 million 215 thousand drams.

As a reminder, the prosecutor's office opened a public criminal case  against the second President of the Republic of Armenia, Robert  Kocharyan, and nine other individuals, including Robert Kocharyan's  son, Sedrak Kocharyan; the third President of the Republic of  Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan; former Prime Minister of the Republic of  Armenia, Andranik Margaryan; former Mayor of Yerevan, Gagik  Beglaryan; businessman Samvel Mayrapetyan; and others.

Early this morning, the Anti-Corruption Committee conducted a search  of the home of Levon Kocharyan, a member of the National Assembly of  the Republic of Armenia from the Armenia faction. Subsequently, it  was reported that Robert Kocharyan, the second president of the  Republic of Armenia, and his son, Sedrak Kocharyan, had been  detained. According to the Anti-Corruption Committee, searches and  other procedural actions are being conducted at several dozen  addresses as part of the criminal investigation.

Early this morning, security forces raided the home of Robert  Kocharyan, the second president, and brought him to the  Anti-Corruption Committee.

All occurred after a verbal altercation between Levon Kocharyan and  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in parliament the previous day.

Pashinyan questioned how Kocharyan managed to become a millionaire  during his 10 years in power. The prime minister then declared that  Levon Kocharyan's children would not inherit his millions because all  illegally acquired property must be returned, and from the entire  "Kocharyan and Sargsyan clan," and drew the attention of law  enforcement to this. Levon Kocharyan, in turn, stated that in a  democratic country, the head of government has no right to make such  statements and declare someone guilty without grounds.