Ex-tax service head detained in corruption probe![]() August 8, 2025 - 13:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On the evening of August 7, former chairman of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) Vardan Harutyunyan was arrested, the Anti-Corruption Committee confirmed, as reported by 1lurer.am . “In the framework of a criminal case under investigation at the Anti-Corruption Committee, a former senior SRC official has been arrested on charges of unlawful participation in entrepreneurial activity, anti-competitive conduct, and money laundering,” the committee stated. Vardan Harutyunyan served as SRC chairman from 2016 to 2018. As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news |