The detention of the former chairman of the RA Investigative Committee, former RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan was extended for the third time for 2 months. Lawyer Erik Aleksanyan confirmed the in a conversation with Iravaban.net. He mentioned that the decision was made on 4 January.

According to the Special Investigation Service reported that Aghvan Hovsepyan who held the post of the RA Prosecutor General from 18 March, 2004 to 13 September, 2013, and the post of the Chairman of the Investigative Committee from 18 July, 2014 to 11 June, 2018, in the mentioned period he actually participated in the management of a number of LLCs carrying out business activities, in addition he received a particularly large bribe of 190,000,000 AMD, and fraudulently committed theft of property in a particularly large amount of 800,000,000 AMD.

Aghvan Hovsepyan was also charged with money laundering in a particularly large amount, totaling 1,299,404,414 AMD.