YEREVAN. – A criminal case—on charges of “fraud, under the pretext of receiving a bribe”—is opened on the basis of the petition submitted by Ararat Muradkhanyan, an inmate in Armenian capital Yerevan’s Nubarashen Prison, where he is serving a life sentence, the Special Investigation Service (SIS) informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

The SIS also informed that the launched investigation checked the veracity of Muradkhanyan’s proofs with respect to his giving cash purchases to former chief Gor Khachatryan of the Prison’s Medical Services Department.    

The investigation is still underway.