Former U.S. Consular Associate {in Yerevan} sentenced to 31 months in prison
Saturday, July 30, 2005
PRESS RELEASE
US Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. - United States Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein and Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Richard J. Griffin announced that this week former United States Consular Associate Piotr Zdzislaw Parlej, 46, was sentenced to serve 31 months in prison, and pay $45,000 in restitution, for engaging in a conspiracy to take bribes in exchange for issuing fraudulent visas while assigned to the United States Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia during 2004-2005. [...].
[...] on Monday, July 25, 2005, two of Parlej's coconspirators, sisters Nora Davtyan, 47, and Gayane Davtyan, 46, were arrested in Los Angeles, California. The Davtyans, together with a third coconspirator, Natalya Balayan, 37, were indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on July 20, 2005, on one count of conspiring with Parlej to commit bribery and visa fraud, and on seven substantive counts of bribery and visa fraud. [...].
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[...] Parlej admitted that from at least April 2004 through on or about January 13, 2005, while employed by the Department of State and assigned as a consular officer at the United States Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, he and several coconspirators arranged for foreign nationals to obtain United States nonimmigrant visas, for which they were not eligible to receive, in exchange for cash payments which the conspirators, including Parlej, divided among themselves. He also admitted to six specific instances where he took and agreed to take bribes totaling at least $45,000 for fraudulently issuing visas. [...].
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[...] United States Attorney Wainstein and Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Griffin commended the cooperative efforts of members of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security Service Special Agents, as well as U.S. Embassy Yerevan staff and Armenia law enforcement authorities who assisted in the case. [...]
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
PRESS RELEASE
US Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. - United States Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein and Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Richard J. Griffin announced that this week former United States Consular Associate Piotr Zdzislaw Parlej, 46, was sentenced to serve 31 months in prison, and pay $45,000 in restitution, for engaging in a conspiracy to take bribes in exchange for issuing fraudulent visas while assigned to the United States Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia during 2004-2005. [...].
[...] on Monday, July 25, 2005, two of Parlej's coconspirators, sisters Nora Davtyan, 47, and Gayane Davtyan, 46, were arrested in Los Angeles, California. The Davtyans, together with a third coconspirator, Natalya Balayan, 37, were indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on July 20, 2005, on one count of conspiring with Parlej to commit bribery and visa fraud, and on seven substantive counts of bribery and visa fraud. [...].
[...]
[...] Parlej admitted that from at least April 2004 through on or about January 13, 2005, while employed by the Department of State and assigned as a consular officer at the United States Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, he and several coconspirators arranged for foreign nationals to obtain United States nonimmigrant visas, for which they were not eligible to receive, in exchange for cash payments which the conspirators, including Parlej, divided among themselves. He also admitted to six specific instances where he took and agreed to take bribes totaling at least $45,000 for fraudulently issuing visas. [...].
[...]
[...] United States Attorney Wainstein and Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Griffin commended the cooperative efforts of members of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security Service Special Agents, as well as U.S. Embassy Yerevan staff and Armenia law enforcement authorities who assisted in the case. [...]
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
posted by Vahe Balabanian at 7:57 AM
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Who was assigned as the new U.S Consular in Yerevan?
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