In the result of large-scale investigative and evidentiary actions conducted in the course of preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding investigated in General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee it was found out that the former head of the General Department of Civil Aviation, with the assistance of the director of the company under his supervision, F.M., and his cousin, K.M., used his official position against the interests of the service, which caused significant damage to the legitimate interests of the state and the company, negligently causing grave consequences.

Ignoring that the amount of the aircraft lease for 1 year clearly exceeded the cost of purchasing the aircraft, A.M. did not take measures to purchase an aircraft with state funds allocated to the General Department of Civil Aviation, but in the same period, he intended to acquire an aircraft through a company that actually belonged to him and to obtain illegal income by leasing it to the company.

At the same time, realizing the legal prohibition on registering a company in his name, in order to cover up the criminal act he was going to commit, A.M. reached prior agreement with his cousin, purchasing a company in the latter’s name.

The former head of General Department of Civil Aviation signed an aircraft lease agreement for 218,900 AMD per flight hour with a company, while the aircraft imported by it clearly did not comply with international aviation standards set for training flights, technical specifications and did not have an operating certificate

Then F.M. prepared and used an obviously fake official document on the allegation as if the rental fee of 218 thousand 940 AMD per flight hour corresponds to market prices.

During the term of the contract, the cost of one flight hour of the aircraft was unreasonably artificially increased. As a result, by leasing the aircraft purchased by the company for a total of 86 million 210 thousand 827 AMD, 592 million 77 thousand 300 AMD was paid through bank transfers to the mentioned company, which actually belonged to A.M., in the case that flights with the same number of hours operated according to the company's price list, the maximum could have been 317 million 887 thousand 702 AMD.

Thus, as a result of the latters’ actions money in particularly large amount - 274 million 189 thousand 598 AMD was unreasonably transferred to the company.

Public criminal prosecution was initiated against A.M. according to the Point 5 of the Part 2 of the Article 441 of RA Criminal Code, against F.M. according to the Point 5 of the Part 2 of the Article 46-441 and the Part 1 of the Article 457 of RA Criminal Code, and against K.M. according to the Point 5 of the Part 2 of the Article 46-441 of RA Criminal Code.

In the course of preliminary investigation ban in the amount of the damage caused was imposed to the property owned by A.M..

The criminal proceeding with the bill of indictment was sent to the prosecutor for approval and referral to court.