A criminal case has been instituted against Armenia’s ex-finance minister and officers of the State Revenue Committee of, as reported the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Investigative Committee of Armenia.

Through a comprehensive investigation conducted under the criminal case in relation to fraud in particularly large amounts and falsification of documents, the Division for Investigation of Heavy Crimes of the Yerevan Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee obtained data regarding donation of equipment and bribery in the form of provision of services to the ex-finance minister in 2015, as well as giving bribe in cash in particularly large amounts to officers of the State Revenue Committee in 2018.

Gagik Khachatryan was Armenia’s finance minister in 2015.