Yerevan court to hear appeal against Aghvan Hovsepyan’s arrest on Thursday
The Criminal Court of Appeals in Yerevan will hear a defense appeal against the arrest of Armenia’s former Prosecutor General and Chairman of the Investigative Committee Aghvan Hovsepyan on Thursday, his lawyer Erik Aleksanyan said on Facebook on Wednesday.
The court hearing is scheduled to start at 5pm, he said.
The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, presided over by judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan, granted a motion of the Special Investigative Service to arrest Aghvan Hovsepyan on September 7.
He is charged with bribery, money laundering and illegal entrepreneurial activity according to Article 310, Article 311 (Part 4, Point 2), Article 178 (Part 3, Point 2) and Article 190 (three episodes) of the Criminal Code of Armenia.
According to investigation bodies, holding the posts of Prosecutor General and then the Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Hovsepyan was involved in Illegal entrepreneurial activity, being in charge of a number of limited liability organizations, took bribes in large amount totaling 190 million drams and seized a property worth 800 million drams. Hovsepyan is also charged with legitimizing illegally obtained income.
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