On December 26, the Court of Appeals upheld the verdict handed down by the Kentron and Nork Marash Court which sentenced Grigor Igityan to 4.5 years imprisonment on the charge of defrauding American-Armenian benefactors George and Carolann Najarian out of substantial amounts of property.
On September 13, 2008, Grigor Igityan, the former translator and representative for the Najarians, was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment by the Kentron and Nork-Marash Court on the charge of swindling Carolann and George Najarian out of their personal property. The court decided to let Mr. Igityan free on his own recognizance until the sentence went into effect.
The court however substantiated the charges against Igityan – that between 1995-2001 he continuously engaged in tactics to confound and confuse the American-Armenian benefactor George Najarian and by gaining his trust, to deceitfully gain control of available and business-related funds in his bank accounts and by fraudulently using these to legally gain control of a photo shop in Yerevan located at 32 Abovyan Street as well as the partially...
The reason is that 20 days wasn’t sufficient for Kromvel Grigoryan, the lawyer for the accused, to prepare his closing defense statement. This, despite the fact that this was the length of time allotted him to do so.
In the words of the Prosecutor, as a result of the above illegal acts the Najarians incurred losses of more than $682,000. At the same time the accused, Grigor Igityan, evaded paying accumulated taxes in the amount of 5.6 million drams. Thus Prosecutor Yeremyan motioned the court to seize these amounts from Igityan and to sentence him to five years imprisonment.
At the trial session that took place on May 24, 2007, the Najarians’ legal counsel, Hrayr Ghoukasyan, asked the court to “immediately take measures for preventing the irresponsible and destructive actions of the defense, as well as for securing the normal process and appropriate resolution of the criminal case's investigation.”
Grigor Igitian is accused of misappropriation of American-Armenian benefactor George Najarian's property.
Grigor Igitian was charged with misappropriation of American-Armenian philanthropist George Najarian's property.
American-Armenian Philanthropists George and Carolann Najarian are Back in Court
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