ArmInfo. On November 25, a court of general jurisdiction extended the arrest of the nephew of former head of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) Gagik Khachatryan - Karen Khachatryan, for 2 months. Lawyer Amram Makinyan confirmed this information. Earlier, the defense side proposed changing the measure of restraint from arrest to bail.
It should be noted that Karen Khachatryan, who previously held the position of head of the Department of Internal Security of the SRC, is accused of embezzlement on an especially large scale, and Gagik Khachatryan - of abuse of office and embezzlement on a particularly large scale. Both of them were detained, and then - arrested at the end of August this year. According to preliminary information, employees who were paid salaries but who did not actually go to work were registered in the SRC.