Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has confirmed the indictment in the case of former Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, former Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan, Flash gasoline  company owner Barsegh Beglaryan, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Samvel Galstyan and former Chief of Crop Management Department Gevorg Harutyunyan.

Sargsyan has been charged with masterminding the embezzlement of 489 million drams (just over $1 million) in 2013 from a state-sponsored diesel fuel assistance program.

Sargsyan has been charged under Article 38-179 (3) (1) of the Criminal Code, specifically - embezzling or wasting particularly large sums.

The case has been sent to the courts.