ArmInfo. A scandal is brewing around the Foundation for the "Dead and wounded servicemen". According to the sources of the newspaper Zhamanak, disputes and disagreements are periodically taking place at the meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Fund.
On December 14, 2016 in Armenia, the law "On Compensation for Damage Inflicted on the Life or Health of Servicemen in the Protection of the Republic of Armenia" was enacted, which provides monthly deductions from the salary of every working citizen of Armenia for a fund to pay the families of deceased servicemen and disabled soldiers. In particular, the fund's trustees discovered abuse of several million drams and it became already clear that the beneficiaries of the fund were not receiving the funds collected for them, which in some cases are illegally exported to someone else's pockets.
"Despite the orderliness of the figures in the quarterly reports, the real picture is completely different," the publication notes.
According to the official website of the fund, according to the data on October 27, after the law "On 1000 drams" came into effect, about 4.6 billion drams (more than $ 9.5 million) were transferred to the account, of which about 71 million drams (about $ 150,000) voluntary donations. The total amount of payments was more than 282 million drams (about $ 585 thousand). Payments were given to families of 13 dead soldiers, four contract soldiers and six officers. Another three servicemen, a conscripted soldier, a contract officer and an officer were paid disability benefits.