Great scandal brews around the Fund of "Dead and wounded military  personnel" 

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.