Yerevan/Mediamax/. According to the results of inspections held in 51 territorial departments of the State Social Insurance Service, Financial Control Agency of Armenian Ministry of Finance detected various financial violations and faults and relying on them, the Prosecutor General\'s Office instituted a criminal case.

The inspections found out that in 2009-2010, groundless pension payments were made to 475 dead pensioners, Mediamax was told in the press service of the Ministry of Finance.

In some cases, the rules of pension assignments were violated, as well as the point, according to which in case a pensioner does not live in Armenia and does not get a pension for 12 months, the payment is ceased. Groundless pension payments were made to unknown individuals instead.

In order to make the responsible answerable, to measure the size of the damage caused to the state and its resumption, the Ministry of Finance sent the materials to the Prosecutor General\'s Office which instituted a criminal case.

The investigation of the case is held by the Division for Major Cases of the Investigation Department of Armenian Police.