MOSCOW COURT REJECTS APPEAL TO RELEASE LEVON HAYRAPETYAN FROM HOUSE ARREST
15:24 11/02/2015 >> LAW
The Moscow City Court has turned down the appeal to free Armenian
businessman and benefactor Levon Hayrapetyan from house arrest,
RIA Novosti reports.
The businessman will remain under house arrest until April 15.
Levon Hayrapetyan was released from the isolation ward and placed
under house arrest in October 2014.
On Wednesday, the court rejected the appeal by Hayrapetyan's lawyer,
who requested to release him, citing his poor health.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia arrested Levon
Hayrapetyan, one of the wealthiest representatives of the Armenian
Diaspora in the world on July 15, 2014. The arrest took place as part
of an ongoing investigation conducted by the Russian Investigatory
Committee into the activities of one of the local criminal groups. On
July 24, the Investigation Committee of Russia brought charges against
Levon Hayrapetyan for embezzlement (Article 160) and money laundering
(Article 174).
http://www.panorama.am/en/law/2015/02/11/levon-hayrapetyan/
From: Baghdasarian
15:24 11/02/2015 >> LAW
The Moscow City Court has turned down the appeal to free Armenian
businessman and benefactor Levon Hayrapetyan from house arrest,
RIA Novosti reports.
The businessman will remain under house arrest until April 15.
Levon Hayrapetyan was released from the isolation ward and placed
under house arrest in October 2014.
On Wednesday, the court rejected the appeal by Hayrapetyan's lawyer,
who requested to release him, citing his poor health.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia arrested Levon
Hayrapetyan, one of the wealthiest representatives of the Armenian
Diaspora in the world on July 15, 2014. The arrest took place as part
of an ongoing investigation conducted by the Russian Investigatory
Committee into the activities of one of the local criminal groups. On
July 24, the Investigation Committee of Russia brought charges against
Levon Hayrapetyan for embezzlement (Article 160) and money laundering
(Article 174).
http://www.panorama.am/en/law/2015/02/11/levon-hayrapetyan/
From: Baghdasarian