ArmInfo.By court decision, the former head of the State Revenue Committee, Gagik Khachatryan, will remain under arrest. Thus, the request of the defense against the extension of his arrest by 2 months was rejected.
Gagik Khachatryan is accused of embezzlement on an especially large scale and abuse of power. Gagik Khachatryan and his relative Karen Khachatryan (former SRC employee) were detained on August 27. He was charged under Part 2 of Article 308 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia (Misappropriation or embezzlement of funds on an especially large scale) and part 2 of Article 308 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia (Abuse of official authority entailing reckless grave consequences).
Previously, he was hospitalized due to health problems, but his discharge on May 22 turned into a real detective in connection with the mysterious disappearance of the original document signed by doctors. The lawyers insisted that the transfer of their client from the Astghik medical center to the penal institution was illegal, but the Ministry of Justice stated that he had at its disposal a photocopy of the disappeared discharge document, on the basis of which Khachatryan was transferred to the penitentiary.