It was a simple pay-to-play blueprint. There was no elaborate network of shell companies, no string of bank transfers in offshore jurisdictions. Just kickbacks in cash totaling nearly $1.5 million to get contracts for performing major repairs on Russian and Ukrainian made aircrafts.
Bakhshyan, in her letter, writes that there is a “for sale” sign outside one of the buildings of Kindergarten 143 in Shengavit, and that the asking price is $200,000.
The three are Amundi Acba Asset Management, C-Quadrat Ampega Asset Management Armenia, and Capital Asset Management.
Vertir Airlines, an Armenian company owned by the uncle of the man who heads Armenia’s Civil Aviation Department, has been accused by the U.S. Commerce Department for acting as a middleman for an Iranian airline in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions.
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