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 apparent factual data were obtained on the allegation that G.Kh., the former Executive Director of the Public Radio Company of Armenia, wishing to challenge in court the legality of the decisions of the Council of the Public Broadcaster - specifically, to declare A.K. the winner of the competition announced for the vacant position of Executive Director and to appoint him to that role, հowever, realizing that the procedural deadline for filing the claim had already expired, he allegedly aimed to justify the delay by preparing and submitting a forged procedural document, in order to have the missed deadline considered excusable.

In pursuit of the aforementioned criminal intent, G.Kh., through his attorney, submitted a statement of claim to the RA Administrative Court, along with a motion to restore the right to perform procedural actions, citing missed deadlines as the reason.

The former Executive Director of the Public Radio Company of Armenia justified the above-mentioned motion by claiming that from the moment he became aware of the decisions allegedly violating his rights, he had been unemployed and, having no other source of income, was unable to afford paid legal services. As a result, he was not in a position to file the claim within the prescribed time limits. In support of his motion, he submitted information to the court indicating that he had not received any salary or equivalent payments during the relevant period. However, he deliberately omitted actual income he had received from the procedural document, thereby falsifying the submitted procedural document.

The motion to restore the missed procedural deadline, which constituted a falsified procedural document submitted to the court by G.Kh. through his attorney, was granted, and the statement of claim was accepted for proceedings.

The Council of the Public Broadcaster filed an appeal with the RA Administrative Court of Appeals against the aforementioned decision of the court. However, G.Kh., continuing his criminal intent and fully aware that the false information previously submitted to the RA Administrative Court on his behalf-containing deliberately falsified income data-could be of critical importance during the appeal proceedings, did not withdraw his claim. As a result, the falsified procedural documents, which omitted his actual income, were transferred to the RA Administrative Court of Appeals.

Moreover, in an effort to achieve his ultimate goal, G.Kh., once again through an intermediary, filed an appeal with the Court of Cassation after the RA Administrative Court of Appeals granted the respondent’s appeal.

Public criminal prosecution was initiated against G.Kh. according to the Part 1 of the Article 479 of RA Criminal Code. 

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