CHIEF SUPERVISOR ARRESTED

arrested
02:35 pm | March 30, 2010

Official

Chief supervisor-inspector of the department of internal audit
evaluation and financial control at the RA Ministry of Finance Arman
Hovhanyan is under arrest for taking bribes, as reported by the Press
Center of the RA National Security Service.

Hovhanyan conducted financial inspections on a company involved in
metal material production through appropriation of budget resources.

According to the release, he demanded and received 1,500 dollars from
the company and took a bribe worth 240,000 drams in exchange for not
registering serious violations.

A criminal case has been brought up and preliminary investigation
is underway at the Department of Investigation of the RA National
Security Service.