ArmInfo.The nephew of the former head of the Ministry of Finance and the State Revenue Committee Gagik Khachatryan - Karen Khachatryan will remain in custody. Yesterday the court of general jurisdiction of the first instance granted the request of the investigator to extend the period of detention by two months.
Karen Khachatryan served as head of the Department of Internal Security of the SRC and is accused of embezzlement on a particularly large scale. In the same criminal case, charges were brought against his uncle Gagik Khachatryan. Gagik Khachatryan and Karen Khachatryan are charged under part 2 of article 308 and clause 1 of part 3 of article 179 of the RA Criminal Code.
To recall, earlier, on February 17, the Court of Appeal quashed the decision of the court of general jurisdiction of January 23 to release Karen Khachatryan on bail in the amount of 20 million drams.