Armenia`s Anti-Corruption Committee  confirms  detention of former  government officials

ArmInfo.  The Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia has confirmed the detention of  former government officials.

"As part of a criminal investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption  Committee, several individuals, including the head of the State  Property Management Department and other former high-ranking  officials, have been detained on charges of committing criminal  offenses under various articles of the RA Criminal Code. Due to the  interests of the preliminary investigation, we cannot provide any  further information," Marina Ohanjanyan, press secretary for the  Committee's chairperson, told ArmInfo, without naming any specific  individuals. Meanwhile, it has become known that the suspect is Arman  Sahakyan, a former member of the National Assembly, former head of  the State Property Management Department, and the son of former NA  Speaker Galust Sahakyan.

It should be noted that back in 2020, Arman Sahakyan was named as a  defendant in a criminal case related to the alienation of a land plot  near a Yerevan school, along with several other individuals. He was  granted bail of 5 million drams as a preventive measure. In 2024, the  committee reported that Arman Sahakyan had repaid 178 million drams  in damages he had caused to the state. In January 2025, a court  decision imposed an alternative preventive measure on Arman  Sahakyan-administrative supervision. Arman Sahakyan served as the  Head of the State Property Management Department under the Government  of the Republic of Armenia from 2011 to 2018. Former Minister of  Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Artem Asatryan  was also detained in the same criminal case.