ArmInfo.On September 30, the Yerevan General Jurisdiction Court granted the investigator's petition to use arrest as a measure of restraint against former Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan for a period of two months. According to the lawyer, Tonoyan does not plead guilty and the decision will be appealed to the Criminal Court of Appeal of Armenia.
It should be reminded that David Tonoyan is accused of embezzlement on an especially large scale.
Thus, according to the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, the preliminary investigation of a criminal case initiated by high-ranking officials of the Defense Ministry and the RA Armed Forces in the process of supplying ammunition for the needs of the RA Armed Forces continues in the investigation department of the RA National Security Service. "Within the framework of the above criminal case, David Tonoyan, who held the post of RA Minister of Defense in 2018-2020, as well as director of the supplier organization David Galstyan, were detained on suspicion of embezzlement on an especially large scale. On the same day, both were charged with embezzlement of money in especially large amounts - 2,277,323,840 drams and falsifications, committing socially dangerous acts, and petitions were submitted to the court for choosing a preventive measure in the form of arrest, "the RA NSS statement said. It is also reported that within the framework of the criminal case for abuse of power and commission of official forgeries, criminal prosecution has been initiated against former and current high-ranking officials of the RA Armed Forces.
It is also reported that within the framework of the criminal case for abuse of power and commission of forgeries, criminal prosecution has been initiated against former and current high-ranking officials of the RA Armed Forces. The National Security Service of Armenia reports that large-scale operational-search and investigative actions are continuing in the criminal case to reveal the full picture of the criminal mechanism of theft of state property on an especially large scale, the actions of other officials involved in this case, and the initiation of criminal prosecution against them. Earlier, information was circulated in the Armenian media that searches were carried out in the apartment of former Minister of Defense of Armenia David Tonoyan on September 29, and he himself was detained and charged. According to the information, searches were carried out at the former head of the aviation department Avetik Muradyan, deputy head of the General Staff Stepan Galstyan. It is also noted that this is connected with the criminal case on the supply of weapons, which is being investigated by the RA NSS. The General Staff of Armenia confirmed the information about the summoning of Stepan Galstyan to the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia.