ArmInfo.The Criminal Court of Appeal rejected the request of the lawyer of the third President of Armenia Serzh Sargyan's security head Vachagan Ghazaryan Armen Harutyunyan to change measure of restraint against him.
To note, Ghazaryan's defense appealed the decision of the court of first instance regarding the extension of the term of the arrest of Kazaryan.
To note, on December 13, the court decided to extend the term of the arrest of Ghazaryan for 2 months. He is accused of illegal enrichment and illegal participation in business activities. To recall, Ghazaryan was arrested on June 27. During searches in the premises belonging to the Ghazaryan family, large sums of money were found - 35 million drams, 1 million 110 thousand 400 dollars and 230 thousand 500 euros, another 2 thousand dollars were found in the garage the next day. On June 25, Ghazaryan was detained at the exit from the bank after having cashed 50 thousand dollars, before that in another bank - another 120 thousand dollars and 436 million drams. He was detained and taken to the National Security Service of Armenia. But then he was released on bail of 1 billion drams. Subsequently, the court, however, revised this decision, and Ghazaryan was again arrested. The other day, Ghazaryan made a statement regarding the readiness to <donate> the state all the sums he had found, despite the fact that they belong to his friend and are of legal origin, which he had documented to the investigation. According to Ghazaryan, these are the goals pursued by his arrest. "Therefore, I decided to refuse this money in favor of the state so that my arrest would not be renewed again," said Ghazaryan.