Samvel Mayrapetyan’s arrest may relate to money transfers to March 1 shooters

Businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan was invited on October 7 to the Special Investigation Service as a suspect, afterwards her status has been changed into a witness.

Speaking to Aysor.am, Hambardzumyan said that she has been called in the sidelines of March 1 criminal case. It was the same day when owner of H2 TV Channel Samvel Mayrapetyan was called to SIS.

Hambardzumyan said she had a cash withdrawal and transfer operation which was the reason why she was called to the SIS in the status of suspect. The information about the money turnover was provided to the law enforcers by the bank.

“I have been invited in the sidelines of March 1 case. I have left a signature on not providing details but my name is important to me, so I want to be clean of all of it. In a few days I will give a press conference and present the details,” she said.

Hambardzumyan stressed that on the day of Mayrapetyan’s arrest she met with him in the SIS.

Asked about money transfers she made, and the relation it has to March 1 case, Hambardzumyan said that she just transferred money to Mayrapetyan.

“The thing is that some money was transferred to the March 1 shooters, this is the issue,” she said, adding that she has no relation to it.

The Special Investigation Service has not revealed yet over which case Mayrapetian has been arrested.