EX-HEAD OF RA FM ARRESTED
Arminfo News Agency
2007-05-08 12:37:00
EX-Head of RA FM Alexander Arzumanyan has been arrested overnight,
RA National Security Service told ArmInfo.
According to the source, A. Arzumanyan was arrested within the frames
of a criminal case, instituted per p.3 of Article 190 of RA CC on the
fact of money laundering. As informed earlier, A. Arzumanyan and the
former deputy DM Vahan Shirkhanyan had agreed with RF citizen Levon
Markos, being under search since 2005, to organize delivery to the
republic and legalization of money of doubtful origin. Within the
frames of the case, the flats of A. Arzumanyan and V. Shirkhanyan
were searched on May 5, as a result of which a great sum of foreign
currency has been found. The examination is held by the Investigation
Department of NSS.