EU Staffer in Armenia Arrested For ‘Embezzlement’

April 28, 2017

An employee of the EU delegation in Armenia has been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)””A senior Armenian employee of the European Union Delegation in Armenia has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling EU grants allocated to local non-governmental organizations.

Armenia’s Investigative Committee said on Thursday that Marine Papian, the grants program coordinator at the delegation, is suspected of misappropriating a “particularly large amount of money.”

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