A Yerevan court today decided to keep former Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan, arrested in September 2021 on embezzlement, bribery and money laundering charges, in pre-trial detention.

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, also charged with laundering 1.3 billion AMD, denies all charges.