Gagik Tsarukyan  arrested for two months

ArmInfo.The Court of General Jurisdiction for the Avan and Nor Nork administrative districts has granted a motion from the Investigative Committee to  place Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party, in pretrial detention for a period of two months.

Recall, on July 6, Prosperous Armenia Party leader and businessman  Gagik Tsarukyan was detained and taken to the Investigative Committee  of Armenia. He is accused of organizing fraud and money laundering on  an especially large scale. According to investigators, between 2022  and 2024, a group operating under his leadership, under the pretext  of developing trade and economic ties between Armenia and Iran,  created joint legal entities with the participation of Iranian  citizens, after which they carried out a fraudulent scheme, causing  damages totaling over $21 million. Additionally, Gagik Tsarukyan  faces another charge:  illegal hunting.