On June 3, 2026, the prosecutor, along with an approved indictment, submitted to the competent court the criminal proceedings files concerning Sh.K., the former Head of the Norakert community of Armavir region, who served from 2002 to 2018, his son and two other individuals.

The criminal proceedings established that Sh.K., while serving as the Head of the Norakert community from 2002 to 2018, embezzled approximately 40 movable and immovable assets from community, registered some of them in his son's name and acting as part of a group by prior agreement, committed money laundering.

In particular, Sh.K. is accused of embezzling:

• The former administrative building of the community administration and the adjacent land plot;
• The former outpatient clinic building and the adjacent land plot;
• Agricultural arable land measuring 0.43 ha;
• A 260 sq. m. residential land plot;
• A 0.02 ha public development land plot;
• Agricultural arable lands measuring 0.78 ha and 0.4 ha;
• A 33 ha land plot;
• Agricultural arable land measuring 5.5 ha;
• A pasture measuring 0.6 ha;
• Arable lands measuring 8.11 ha, 5.4 ha, 1.7 ha, 2.7 ha, and 7.2 ha;
• Pastures measuring 0.22 hectares and 0.195 hectares;
• Land plots measuring 0.1 hectares and 0.15 hectares;
• Land plots measuring 3.7 hectares and 0.23 hectares;
• A pasture measuring 4.2 hectares;
• Agricultural land plots measuring 0.3185 ha, 1.18 ha, 0.64 ha and 2.44 ha;
• Arable lands measuring 0.51 ha, 0.95 ha, 0.36 ha, another 0.36 ha and 0.1 ha;
• A pasture measuring 0.3187 ha;
• A GAZ-66 vehicle donated by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and recorded as community property;
• A VAZ-21214 vehicle assigned to the “Norakert Medical Outpatient Clinic” non-commercial organization;
• A Toyota Land Cruiser official service vehicle recorded on the balance sheet of the community administration.

The Prosecutor’s Office has filed a claim with the Anti-Corruption court demanding to declare invalid the auction through which a 0.084 ha land plot and the former village administration building with an area of 189.4 sq. m., located in Norakert village of Armavir region, were alienated, and to apply the legal consequences of invalidity. The civil case is currently pending before the Anti-Corruption Court of Appeals.

During the preliminary investigation, the former outpatient clinic building together with the adjacent land plot and a 0.23 ha agricultural land plot were returned to the Parakar community of Armavir region. Ownership rights over these properties have been registered in the name of the Parakar community.

Claims concerning the remaining aforementioned properties will be filed with the competent court in the near future.

Notice:  A person charged with any crime shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty in the manner prescribed by the RA Criminal Procedure Code—by the judgment came into legal force.