Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of Armenia's "Blooming Armenia" Party, has been detained.
Medianews.az reports that his lawyer Yerem Sarkisyan provided this information.
According to the lawyer, investigators intend to apply to the court for a pre-trial detention measure for Tsarukyan.
It is reported that Tsarukyan and one more individual were detained on charges of large-scale fraud and money laundering.
It should be noted that news of a search being conducted at Tsarukyan's house earlier this morning had been announced.