Senior Investigator on EIC charged with receiving a Bribe of Large Amount is detained

By the criminal case examined in RA Special Investigation Service, RA Investigation Committee Regional Subdivision Senior Investigator of Especially Important Cases Armen S. has been charged pursuant to point 3, part 3, Article 311 of the RA Criminal Code, for the fact that in the end of April 2014 he, occupying the post of RA Police former GID Regional Investigation Division EIC Senior Investigator, while carrying out preliminary investigation by the criminal case in his proceedings, on 22 April, 2014 demanded a bribe of large amount – 2 thousand USDs equivalent to 826 thousand AMD from Samvel M. and Meruzhan P. – the parents of the suspects Karapet M. and Robert M. through their friend’s father Petros S. to carry out actions in favour thereof within the scope of his powers, i.e. not to detain them but choose recognizance not to leave as a measure of restraint towards them, and part of which he managed to receive therefrom.

By the criminal case examined in the RA Special Investigation Service pursuant to part 2, Article 38-312 of the RA Criminal Code, citizen Petros S. has also been charged for the fact that he induced the citizens Samvel M. and Meruzhan P. to give a bribe of large amount – 2 thousand USD to an official – the EIC Senior Investigator Armen S.

Detention has been chosen as a measure of restraint towards RA Investigation Committee Regional Subdivision Senior Investigator of Especially Important Cases Armen S. and citizen Petros S.

Preliminary investigation is in progress.

Note: The suspect or the accused of the alleged offence is deemed innocent unless his or her innocence is proved by virtue of the effective court verdict in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia.

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