ArmInfo.Former Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan will remain in custody. He is accused of embezzlement on an especially large scale.
As Tonoyan's lawyer Sergey Hovhannisyan told reporters, the court of appeal rejected the defense's petition for canceling the decision of the court of first instance and on choosing arrest as a preventive measure.
At the same time, Tonoyan's defense stated that they intend to appeal this court decision to a higher instance.
To recall, on September 30 the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan granted the petition of the investigator on the arrest of former Minister of Defense of Armenia David Tonoyan for a period of two months. Tonoyan denies the charges against him.
Tonoyan was arrested within the framework of the criminal case under investigation by the RA NSS, initiated on the fact of abuse of official powers and commission of official forgeries by high-ranking officials of the Defense Ministry and the RA Armed Forces in the process of supplying ammunition for the needs of the Armed Forces. "Within the framework of the above criminal case, David Tonoyan, who held the post of RA Defense Minister 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 accused of embezzling money on an especially large scale - 2,277,323,840 AMD and falsification, committing socially dangerous acts, and petitions were submitted to the court to choose a measure of restraint in the form of arrest, "the RA NSS reports.