Armenia’s Investigative Committee (IC) today refrained from providing details regarding the search of the private home of Narek Karapetyan, who was recently elected an MP on the Strong Armenia alliance ballot.

IC spokesperson Kima Avdalyan only said that today’s search was part of a criminal investigation.

A Hetq source believes the search is related to the case of Strong Armenia senior member Alik Aleksanyan who was arrested on June 2 on suspicion of money laundering and paying citizens to attend the businessman’s election rallies prior to the June 7 parliamentary election in Armenia.

The IC, in June 2 press release, said a joint investigation with police found that Aleksanyan—who led the Mer Dzevov (Our Way) NGO, a forerunner of the Strong Armenia Party—allegedly misrepresented his intentions and formally hired about 1,400 people under civil and service contracts at the movement’s offices across Armenia. More than 400 of them were also employed by other companies at the same time.

Investigators said that between October 8, 2025, and March 31, 2026, about 1.6 billion drams, €230,000, and $75,000 were transferred to the Mer Dzevov NGO’s bank accounts from the Tashir Charitable Foundation and affiliated companies, Inteko Energo and Tashir Capital, all linked to Samvel Karapetyan. The transfers were labeled as donations and loans and are alleged to be proceeds of crime.