YEREVAN. – An Armenian judge suspected of taking a bribe has been arrested, his lawyer Karen Tumanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
On December 27 the justice council upheld a motion on the arrest of judge Khachatur Khachatryan of the General Jurisdiction Court of Armenia’s Lori Region.
The judge was detained on December 25 while taking a bribe. It was found out that Judge Khachatryan had demanded and subsequently received a $20,000 bribe to resolve a civil case involving a businessman in the latter’s favor.