Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Court has allowed prosecutors to revise their asset forfeiture case against former police chief Valeri Osipyan and his wife, adding an apartment he received from the police in 2015.

The Anti-Corruption Court granted a motion by the Prosecutor General’s Office permitting changes to the grounds and subject of the illicit asset forfeiture claim against former police chief Valeri Osipyan and his wife, Lusine Tadevosyan.

Calculations of property values and lawful income were adjusted following a new expert assessment and information obtained from the Interior Ministry. The revised forfeiture claim now also covers an apartment gifted to Osipyan by the police in 2015, Factor.am reported.

The expert assessment specifically examined construction costs for a store built in 2001 and a garage completed in 2004. The store had previously been valued at 3,737,520 drams. An expert estimated that construction work on the 33.25-square-meter property could have cost between 3.55 million and 3.92 million drams. Prosecutors used the average of those figures, 3.735 million drams, in their revised calculation. As a result, the amount used for the assessment fell by 2,520 drams from the previous figure.

The earlier calculated value of the 52.92-square-meter garage stood at 3.45 million drams. The expert placed its construction cost between 3.28 million and 3.62 million drams, whose average is again 3.45 million drams. The amount therefore remained unchanged, although the previous estimate is now supported by an expert assessment.

The list of assets sought for forfeiture was also expanded to include an apartment in Kotayk province that Osipyan received as a gift from the police. Under the donation agreement between the police and Valeri Osipyan, the 53.71-square-meter apartment was transferred to the former police chief on November 11, 2015.

After reviewing documents provided by the Interior Ministry, prosecutors argued that the legal grounds for granting the property had not been properly established. They said housing could be provided to a police officer either because of a need to improve living conditions or for service-related reasons. Both scenarios required an application from the officer and confirmation of either the need for better housing or an official necessity. Prosecutors said the materials obtained did not establish that either condition had existed.

The Prosecutor General’s Office also cited an April 15, 2026, position of the Court of Cassation stating that when allegedly illicit assets are received as gifts, defendants must clearly explain the circumstances under which the donation agreement was concluded. The revised lawsuit consequently classifies the Kotayk apartment as an asset of illicit origin and seeks its full forfeiture from Osipyan.

Under the final version of the amended claim, prosecutors seek the forfeiture from Osipyan of one property in Yerevan, or its market value if seizure is impossible; a two-fifths share in a Yerevan apartment; the police-gifted apartment in Kotayk province; a deposit held with Acba Bank, or an equivalent $16,323 if the deposit cannot be seized; as well as 48,004,645 drams and 42,891,376 drams.

From Osipyan’s wife, prosecutors seek a Yerevan apartment, or its market value if forfeiture is impossible, as well as a Lexus UX200 2.0 P vehicle or, if it cannot be seized, the car’s market value.

Osipyan’s representative, Karen Hakobyan, did not object to the motion. The court authorized the amendments and gave the defendants until September 23 to respond to the revised claim. Another preliminary hearing was scheduled for 2 p.m. on the same day.

Osipyan served in Armenia’s police system for nearly 30 years. He began his career in 1991 as a militiaman and later held various command positions in Yerevan’s patrol service regiment. From 2012 to 2018, he served as deputy head of the Yerevan Police Department for service matters.

Following the change of government in Armenia, Osipyan was appointed chief of police in May 2018 and remained in the post until September 18, 2019. He was awarded the rank of police major general in July 2019. On the same day he was dismissed as police chief, Osipyan was appointed chief adviser to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. After leaving that position, the former police chief held no further public office.