Court extends ex-tax chief Gagik Khachatryan’s detention by two months

The Anti-Corruption Court has extended the pre-trial detention of Gagik Khachatryan, former chairman of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee and former finance minister, by another two months.

Khachatryan was initially remanded in custody for two months in early September.

Criminal proceedings against him began in 2019.

The charges filed against the former official in various cases concern, among other things, abuse of official powers, embezzlement on an especially large scale, complicity in money laundering, and bribery.