Bribe up to 400 thousand drams for driver’s license. Anti-corruption reports on uncovering dozens of cases

The anti-corruption committee reports on uncovering dozens of cases of obtaining driver’s licenses for bribes. The preliminary investigation in the criminal proceedings has been completed, around three dozen persons have been involved as defendants.

According to the report, “it was established that the senior inspector of the registration-examination department of Armavir marz S. K., using the official powers and the influence caused by them, his close friend S. With the help of P., he received bribes of various sizes from many citizens who applied for a driver’s license”, “including the amount of bribe money for each person was up to 400 thousand AMD”.

The preliminary investigation revealed that during 2023 S. S. with the assistance of P. K., having accepted formal theoretical and practical exams from around 30 citizens who applied for a driver’s license, made fake documents that were the basis for issuing a driver’s license. In return, the traffic inspector received a total of 6.5 million AMD bribes from all the mentioned citizens during 2023.

It is noted that in some cases the candidates did not participate in the exam at all.

“As a result, many citizens without theoretical and practical knowledge illegally obtained driver’s licenses and operated vehicles, thereby endangering road traffic,” the Anti-Corruption Committee notes.

S. K. was charged with Article 435 of the Criminal Code, Part 2, Item 3, Episode 29, Article 441 (“Abuse of official or official powers or the influence caused by them or exceeding the powers”) in part 1: 15 episodes, and in part 1 of Article 445 (“Official fraud”): 15 episodes, and S. To P., by Article 46-435 (“receiving a bribe from a criminal”), Part 2, Clause 3, Section 29.

The materials of the proceedings were sent to the court with an indictment.