Former Metsamor Executives Prosecuted For Corruption
July 14, 2016
Metsamor nuclear powerplant (Photo: Photolur)
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)””The former director general and three other senior executives of the Metsamor nuclear power plant will be trialed on charges of serious fraud, Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) announced on Thursday.
The powerful security agency said Metsamor’s ex-director, Gagik Markosian, his two former deputies and the procurement manager stand accused of embezzling almost 784 million drams ($1.6 million) while administering procurements commissioned by the plant.
“The crime has been solved and the 783.586 million-dram damage inflicted by it on the state has been fully reversed,”
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