Chairman of the Urban Development Committee Vahagn Vermishyan confessed to getting bribe

Chairman of the Urban Development Committee Vahagn Vermishyan confessed to getting bribe, Armenia’s National Security Service press department reports.

According to the factual data obtained by the NSS, the chairman of the Urban Development Committee used his position contrary to the interests of the service acted for his personal interests.

He has reached agreements with people involved in construction or representatives of construction firms, personally, as well as through a close person, throughout 2019, in five cases, performed actions for them in exchange of a bribe in large amount.

In addition, during a meeting held in his office on October 23, 2019, the chairman of the Committee reached an agreement to nominate the owner of several construction firms for the title “Merited Builder of Armenia” and received $5,000 and construction materials worth nearly 2,300,000 AMD as bribe.

NSS reports that people involved in the crime have been apprehended, two of them, including Vermishyan have been detained.

The preliminary investigation is underway.