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Armenian army servicewoman suspected of spying for Azerbaijan

25.06.2013, 13:03
YEREVAN, June 25. /ARKA/. A contract servicewoman of one of Armenian ministry of defence units has been detained on suspicion of cooperation with Azeri intelligence service, the press office of Armenian National Security Service reported.
Armenian army servicewoman suspected of spying for Azerbaijan
YEREVAN, June 25. /ARKA/. A contract servicewoman of one of Armenian ministry of defence units has been detained on suspicion of cooperation with Azeri intelligence service, the press office of Armenian National Security Service reported.

Following the crime detection operations, the investigation department of the National Security Service detained 31-year-old resident of Kapan town Mane Movsisyan on June 22, according to the report.

The press office said the National Security Service received irrefutable evidence that Movsisyan, before joining the army, met with an employee of Azeri intelligence hiding under “S Dr”, “Seyran Dervisyan” and “Tigran Dervisyan” names on Odnoklassniki, Mail.ru agent and Facebook. The communication in the networks continued after Movsisyan was a professional soldier in the army, according to the report.

According to the report, Movsisyan kept transmitting state and service confidential data to the intelligence services of Azerbaijan.

Two other people have been detained for similar crime by the national security of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; one of them was a serviceman of Nagorno-Karabakh Army of Defence. Both were recruited by a staff of Azeri intelligence agencies hiding under the above names. The respective legal proceeding is under way in Nagorno-Karabakh, according to the report. –0--