Colonel Margar Ohanian, the former chief of the Armenian traffic police arrested last year, was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday on corruption charges which he denied throughout his five-month trial.
A Yerevan court cleared Ohanian of abuse of power alleged by prosecutors but found him guilty of large-scale embezzlement of public funds. Three other police officers prosecuted as part of the criminal case got off with suspended prison sentences.
Ohanian was arrested and sacked last September in a criminal investigation into the alleged theft of more than 150 tons of fuel that was allotted to police patrol cars. The case against him is based on incriminating testimony given by the other defendants.
Armenian News
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