NEW DETAILS DISCLOSED IN A CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST EX-FOREIGN MINISTER
arminfo
2007-07-16 09:29:00
New details have been disclosed in a criminal case against ex-foreign
minister Aleksander Arzumanyan.
To recall, according to the investigation data, in April of the current
year, in Moscow having arranged in advance with the wanted by Armenian
law-enforcement agency businessman Levon Marcos, ex-minister Aleksander
Arzumanyan and ex-deputy defence minister Vahan Shirkhanyan received
from Converse Bank totally $178 200 with a help of 9 false names. They
were detained and accused of "money laundering". Arzumanyan has been
in custody since 10 May.
On 4 May Armenian Prosecutor General’s office applied to the Russian
one to assist holding investigation at the territory of Russia. For
this reason two representatives of investigation group left for Moscow.
As ArmInfo correspondent knew from the source from law-enforcement
agencies of Moscow, representatives of the investigation group have
already returned to Yerevan and brought the interesting information. In
particular, they managed to find all nine false persons and examine
them. All of them were aware that money was transferred to Armenia
on behalf of them. It became clear that one person was transferring
this money. The known Aleksander Agazaryan (Aleksabder Arzumanyan’s
friend) took responsibility for this. He said that Arzumanyan had asked
him to transfer money for some material problems resolving>. As for
Vahan Shirkhanyan, that allegedly the money was necessary for this
daughter’s wedding party, this testimony was confuted.
Agazaryan told the investigator that he does not know Shirkhanyan
and sent no money to him. Some machinery of the money transfer were
also disclosed.
It is not ruled out that one more investigation group will be directed
to Moscow soon.