Criminal case initiated on the abuse of pension payment
The State Interests' Protection Department of the RA General Prosecutor's Office has initiated a criminal case on the abuse committed during the appointment and payment of pensions in the regional divisions of the State Social Security Service of the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, reports the press service of Prosecutor General's Office.
The investigation of the materials sent by the RA Ministry of Finance has revealed that the officials of the State Social Security Service of the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs who were responsible for the pensions' appointment, payment and supervision, abused their official authorities for personal interests and in 2009-2010 in the name of dead pensioners and by calculating the pensions in increased amount, drew money from the State Budget and squandered it.
A criminal case has been initiated in the State Interests' Protection Department of the RA General Prosecutor's Office as the officials of the State Social Security Service of the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs committed crimes and are liable to punishment pursuant to the RA Criminal Code. The criminal case has been sent to the RA Police.
The State Interests' Protection Department of the RA General Prosecutor's Office in May, 2011 had also initiated a criminal case on the abuses committed during the appointment and payment of pensions in Yerevan, which had also been sent to the RA Police.
Remind that former head of the State Social Insurance Service Vazgen Khachikyan tendered his resignation following a report by the RA Control Chamber which revealed colossal abuses in the Service.
