Guilty of Gasoline Theft - Court Sentences Former Traffic Police Chief Ohanyan to 6 Years

20:16, May 30, 2012

A Yerevan Court today sentenced former RA Road Police Chief Margar Ohanyan to 6 years imprisonment for large-scale embezzlement.  

Judge Mkhitar Papoyan stated that the prosecution had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Ohanyan had pilfered, for personal gain, 574,420 litres of gasoline destined to be used by the police.

The former police chief, who had also been charged with abuse of official powers, claimed he was innocent till the end.

"Where are those 30,000 gasoline canisters? Where is the tangible proof? Show me just one," exclaimed an irate Ohanyan at today's trial.

Turning to the chief prosecutor, Ohanyan shouted out, "If you get three of my former employees to swear that I have killed someone but fail to uncover the victim, would you again charge me?"  Read more... (457 words)

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