Anti-Corruption Committee: Petitions  filed with court to request  pretrial detention for five out of  eight detainees

ArmInfo. Given the broad public resonance over the criminal case involving  bribery  by a group of Gyumri community officials and abuse of office, the RA  Anti-Corruption Committee reports that motions have been filed with  the court to request pretrial detention for five out of the eight  detainees, as noted in a statement issued by the RA Anti-Corruption  Committee.

The head of the community has been sentenced to pretrial detention,  one of the bribe-givers is under house arrest, and investigation are  ongoing for the others. Decisions have also been made to remove the  officials from their positions. The Committee is also examining  whether the published recordings involving Vardan Ghukasyan are fake.  "Regarding media allegations that the published recordings featuring  the head of the Gyumri community are fake and do not relate to him,  the Anti-Corruption Committee deems it necessary to clarify that the  head of the Gyumri community neither denied nor confirmed the fact of  the conversation in his testimony. Furthermore, he provided no  information about falsifying or altering his voice in the recordings,  but offered his own explanations and comments regarding the  conversation. Additionally, several individuals questioned as part of  the criminal proceedings have confessed, confirming the accuracy of  the factual data obtained through operational and investigative  operations. The criminal investigation is ongoing," the statement  reads.