Armenian businessman Ashot Sukiasyan, who is involved in an offshore scandal, has been detained. 

The Armenian Police confirmed the information to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Sukiasyan was caught Friday, in Georgian capital city Tbilisi, with the assistance of the Interpol National Central Bureau in Armenia and as a result of cooperation with the Georgian law enforcement.  

The matter of whether or not the Armenian businessman should be extradited is being discussed.   

Ashot Sukiasyan had sent a letter to the then Armenian Prosecutor General, and its photocopy to Hetq.am news agency, and specifically written as follows: “I would like to reflect on the WLISPERA HOLDINGS LIMITED offshore organization. I am the founder of this organization, and I am the one who wrote shares in the names of [Armenian PM Tigran] Sargsyan and [Archbishop Navasard] Kjoyan [the Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church], without their knowledge and consent. I did this to keep my business away from harassment. I did not realize that this could have implications.”     

The Armenian General Investigation Department had laid charges on Sukiasyan, and on the grounds of committing fraud, causing property damage, and legalizing criminally-earned income. Arrest was set as his restraining order.   

Earlier, Hetq.am had written that Tigran Sargsyan, Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan, and “jeweler” Ashot Sukiasyan are shareholders in an offshore company called Wlispera Holdings Limited, which is registered in Cyprus. Sargsyan and Kjoyan, however, have denied their involvement in such a company.