No Criminal Charges Have Been Filed Against Any Individual in Avinyan's Case: Prosecutor's Office

The criminal case involving Yerevan's Deputy Mayor Tigran Avinyan has been transferred from the Anti-Corruption Committee to the Investigative Committee. This information was provided to Sputnik Armenia by Arevik Khachatryan, head of the public relations department of the RA Prosecutor's Office.

The case in question was initiated by the Corruption Prevention Commission (CPC) in December 2022. The reason behind this was that Tigran Avinyan was elected Deputy Mayor by the Yerevan Council on September 23, 2022, but has remained the chairman of the board of directors of the 'Armenian National Interests Fund' (ANIF) since 2019.

“Based on the order of the Deputy Prosecutor General, the criminal case has been transferred from the Anti-Corruption Committee to the Investigative Committee, where a pre-investigation is currently underway. No criminal charges have yet been filed against any individual within the framework of the criminal proceedings,” said Khachatryan.