As previously reported, in December 2025 the Anti-Corruption Court of the Republic of Armenia rejected the investigator’s motion to extend the period of house arrest imposed on R.N., the client of our firm’s attorney Andranik Mnatsakanyan, who had been unjustly accused of committing an especially serious crime under Article 296(3)(3) of the RA Criminal Code (money laundering in particularly large amounts). Instead, the court replaced the preventive measure with administrative supervision, as a result of which our client was released from prolonged restrictions (see https://www.lsa.am/criminal-case/our-client-unjustly-accused-of-a-particularly-serious-crime-has-been-released-from-prolonged-detention/ ).
It is noteworthy that since the initiation of public criminal prosecution against R.N. in July 2025, during more than seven months of preliminary investigation, the prosecuting authorities have failed even to generally describe or present any factual data indicating the criminal origin of the property that R.N. allegedly “laundered”.
Taking the above into account, R.N.’s defense counsel Andranik Mnatsakanyan filed a special review appeal with the RA Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal. Following a substantive examination conducted through oral proceedings, in March 2026 the court rendered a decision fully granting the defense’s special review appeal, confirming the absence of reasonable suspicion that R.N. had committed the alleged offense of money laundering.
We thank Judge Karen Amiryan of the RA Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal for conducting exemplary proceedings and delivering a fair judicial decision.
