For "fraud" with taxes EDB has suspended funding for the transport  company Spayka

ArmInfo.The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) suspended an investment agreement with the major transport company Spayka for $ 67 million due to the commencement of criminal prosecution against the director and owner of the company David  Ghazaryan.

This was announced during the special press conference on  April 5 by the head of Spayka  LLC itself."On Monday, the funds  should have been transferred to our account, however, I received a  call from the bank and I was informed that the transaction was  temporarily suspended because a criminal investigation was being  conducted related to me," he said.The head of the company noted that  the financing was provided for the implementation of the program,  thanks to which thousands of jobs will be created in Armenia with an  average salary of 250 thousand drams. In addition, until November,  about 500 people were required for the implementation of construction  works, which would have been provided with work for 10-11 months. <$  67 million. We had to receive directly from the EDB, $ 22 million  from another bank, and cover the rest with our own funds, "said the  businessman.Recall that yesterday the wrong information spread in the  media that the head of Spayka  LLC was allegedly arrested and accused  of tax evasion on a large scale. 

No one arrested Kazaryan, he was not even detained. However, the  Investigation Department of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) filed a  petition with the court of general instance to determine the  preventive measure in its relation in the form of arrest. The  beginning of the discussions was to begin immediately after the press  conference of Kazaryan.According to the SRC, the Spayka  for  2014-2015. purchased cheese, pears, apples, Chinese cabbage, tomatoes  and other products from third countries that are not members of the  EAEU, in Poland and Belgium for their further import to Armenia.  Product for the period of 01.01.2015-11.01.2016 through the territory  of Georgia was imported into Armenia. When imported to Armenia at the  customs border of Georgia, Georgian customs officers were presented  with the necessary documentation indicating actual data, including  real invoices.However, the Armenian customs officers were presented  with false documents that, allegedly, the imported products are  exempt from customs duties and VAT, and another company, Greenprodukt  LLC, also managed by the Spikes management, acted as the importing  organization.

Thus, as noted by the SRC , on the basis of an expert opinion for the  period 01/01/2015 to 11.01.2016, by applying the indicated  "cunning"the method, without timely declaring the actual data on  imported products, "deliberately" without paying a duty and other  obligatory payments to the budget, Spayka LLC did not pay to the  state treasury 7,036,666,312 drams in the form of customs duties and  taxes.Deciding to touch on the political theme, Ghazaryan distanced  himself from the former authorities of Armenia, noting that the  company has nothing in common with the second President of Armenia  Robert Kocharyan, or the son-in- law of the third President Serzh  Sargsyan - Mikael Minasian, whose names have for many years, and the  media , and the public of the country associated the company.  According to him, the company chose to ignore this information then,  not to react to it - let them write. Ghazaryan sent inquisitors to  get acquainted with the owners of the company on the website of the  state register of legal entities of Armenia.At the same time,  Ghazaryan noted that the damage inflicted to the state, according to  the SRC version of 7 billion drams, does not correspond to reality  and concerns another legal entity - Greenprodukt LLC, which,  according to him, the CGD representatives somehow connected with  SPAYKA LLC . He denied the affiliation of these two companies, saying  that the tax authorities, "not finding payers from Greenproduct,  cannot close this issue and therefore illegally linked it to LLC  SPAYKA in order to recover these funds," he stressed., "Kazaryan addressed to the representatives of the SRC. 

At the same time, the businessman noted that the company is ready to  pay off the debt to the state, but in the amount corresponding to  reality. In conclusion, Ghazaryan noted that even if the petition for  his arrest was granted, the company would continue its activities,  but , not excluding that the process of purchasing  agricultural products from farmers could be stopped in such a case.