On 15 April, 2020, the National Security Service issued a statement accusing the vicar of one of the dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the scope of one of the criminal cases. Later it became clear that it was about the Vicar of the Ararat Patriarchal Diocese, His Grace Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan.

The criminal case, within the framework of which Archbishop Kchoyan was charged, has a history of about 8 years. It is about one of the well-known scandalous cases revealed years ago, the Cyprus offshore case, in the framework of which the name of former Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan were mentioned. Businessman Paylak Hayrapetyan accused them of depriving him of his property.

Businessman Ashot Sukiasyan was involved in this case as a defendant, he mentioned during one of the court hearings that Navasard Kchoyan is his godfather. Archbishop Kchoyan’s lawyer Armine Fanyan states that the accusation is completely groundless.

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