Viva-MTS, which is a subsidiary of the Russian MTS, made suspicious financial operations, which attracted the attention of the US Department of Justice, which began the investigation.
According to Forbes, the compliance monitoring system that MTS has implemented by agreement with the American authorities, drew attention to the operations of the “daughter” of the company in Armenia.
The company declares that it has provided information on the operations of the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Fund Commission. They also requested additional information about these transactions.
Today, after a meeting of the Armenian government, journalists asked the Minister of Economics Wahan Kerobyan to comment on the message data. The minister was not denied and did not confirm the information. Note that if Viva-MTS confirmation is confirmed, a large penalty or sanction threatens.
Note that MTS in 2019, in the framework of the World Agreement with SEC and the US Ministry of Justice, has implemented an independent compliance monitoring system to improve anti-corruption policies, regulations and procedures within the Company. The agreement was signed as part of an anti-corruption investigation of the company in Uzbekistan. According to him, the company paid a fine of US authorities for $ 850 million