In a criminal proceeding initiated by the General Department for the Investigation of Economic Crimes and Smuggling of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia, public criminal prosecution had been initiated against our office’s client, A.V., represented by attorney Andranik Mnatsakanyan, under Article 290, Part 3, Clause 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia — for the alleged commission of a serious crime (namely, large-scale tax evasion). A decision had also been made to detain him in order to petition the court to impose detention as a preventive measure.
Thanks to a correctly chosen defense strategy, our client, unjustly accused of a serious crime, was released from detention, and a travel ban was applied as a preventive measure instead.