One former mayor and two current mayors of communities in Armenia’s Armavir Province have been charged with fraud and embezzlement.

Former Haytagh community mayor Samvel Vardanyan has been charged with stealing AMD 2.8 million from a wheat seeding program by forging official documents. The theft, according to prosecutors, occurred during 2013-2017.

Vardanyan served as the mayor of Haytagh from 2002-2108.

Current Artamet Mayor Anahit Davtyan is charged with stealing AMD 6.564 million from the same wheat seed and fertilizer program, also by forging official documents.

 Grigor Mkrtchyan, who’s been serving as Nalbandyan community mayor since 2007, is charged with stealing AMD 598,000 worth of fertilizer from a state-sponsored program designed to offer low fertilizers from area farmer. He’s also accused of embezzling an additional AMD 672,000 by forging official fertilizer payment documents.