YEREVAN. – Criminal charges have been brought against the director of the Spanish company that is the chief contractor of the North-South Road Corridor construction project of Armenia, and along the lines of the case into the apparent misuse during the development and implementation of this project. The Investigative Committee informed about this to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As per the committee, information was obtained that this person, together with the team leader of the French company carrying out technical supervision during the project construction, had fraudulently stolen 871 million drams, which are equivalent to US$1.8 million.

It was decided to include the director of this contractor in the aforesaid case as a defendant, and to arrest him.

But since this person is not in Armenia, at present, he has been declared wanted.

Earlier, criminal charges were brought against the abovementioned team leader of the French company.

The respective investigation is still in progress.