>After weeks of silence, law-enforcement authorities acknowledged on Wednesday that they have launched a criminal investigation into possible financial irregularities related to the launch of a first-ever Armenian satellite into space in May 2022.
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>Meanwhile, the Office of the Prosecutor-General confirmed the launch of the investigation into the possible waste or embezzlement of government money allocated for the project. It refused to give any details of the probe conducted by another law-enforcement agency, the Anti-Corruption Committee, saying that it involves state secrets.
>The project was developed and launched when the Armenian Ministry of High-Technology Industry was headed by Vahagn Khachaturian, the current president of the republic. It is not clear whether he has been questioned by investigators. Khachaturian’s office on Wednesday refused to comment on the probe.
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>After weeks of silence, law-enforcement authorities acknowledged on Wednesday that they have launched a criminal investigation into possible financial irregularities related to the launch of a first-ever Armenian satellite into space in May 2022.
…
>Meanwhile, the Office of the Prosecutor-General confirmed the launch of the investigation into the possible waste or embezzlement of government money allocated for the project. It refused to give any details of the probe conducted by another law-enforcement agency, the Anti-Corruption Committee, saying that it involves state secrets.
>The project was developed and launched when the Armenian Ministry of High-Technology Industry was headed by Vahagn Khachaturian, the current president of the republic. It is not clear whether he has been questioned by investigators. Khachaturian’s office on Wednesday refused to comment on the probe.