Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee reports that it has amassed evidence that Aghvan Hovsepyan did engage in embezzlement, bribery and money laundering when serving as the country’s Prosecutor General and Investigative Committee Chair.

Armenian police today arrested Hovsepyan in September 2021.

Armenia’s Special Investigative Service (SIS) says that while Hovsepyan served as Prosecutor General (March 2004-Sept. 2013) and Investigative Committee Chairman (July 2014-June 2018), he accepted a 190 million AMD bribe and embezzled 800 million AMD worth of property when he participated in the management of several limited liability companies.

Hovsepyan is also charged with laundering 1.3 billion AMD.