The "Zhoghovurd" daily writes: "Judge Vache Margaryan, in the famous wiretapping case, registered a property improvement in 2024."

Judge Vache Margaryan of the Criminal Court of Appeals is known for a number of high-profile cases, including the high-profile wiretapping case of Sasun Khachatryan, former NSS Director Artur Vanetsyan, and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. He is the judge who should have ordered the detention of former Chief of the General Staff Yuri Khachaturov, as well as the judge who rejected all petitions to change the detention of those detained in the “Coup Plan” case.

The "Zhoghovurd" daily newspaper found out from official sources that Judge Vache Margaryan declared 2 real estate properties: an apartment and a parking lot in the Arabkir administrative district of Yerevan.

Margaryan did not declare any means of transportation.

The balance of his bank accounts amounted to almost 638 thousand 253 drams, and his cash assets amounted to 8 million 14 thousand drams.

The income for the reporting year amounted to 42 million 608 thousand drams, of which 14 million 693 thousand drams are wages from the Judicial Department of the RA State Revenue Committee, 3 million 509 thousand drams are income tax refunds from the RA State Revenue Committee, and 24 million 406 thousand drams are loans from Ardshinbank.

The balance of the principal amount of loans and borrowings received by Vache Margaryan as of December 31 of the reporting year amounted to 46 million 502 thousand drams, which is the balance of the principal amount of the mortgage on 2 apartments.

The judge directed 5 million 926 thousand drams to repay the loans.