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ANGRY SPOUSES: WIFE OF SEROP DER-BOGHOSSIAN RENEGING ON PAYMENTS
hetq
12:56, August 30, 2011
A group of women have written to Madeline Tashjian, wife of Serop
Der-Boghossian now being tried for pedophilia, complaining that their
husbands, employees of the Akhtala Mining Company, haven't received
their monetary bonuses as promised.
In the letter, a copy of which was forwarded to Hetq, the women write,
"You would think that the employees of the company are to blame for
the horrendous crimes of her husband, and now enraged, she is taking
out her revenge on our husbands."
The wives note that in April 2010, Serop Der-Boghossian cut the
wages of a group of workers by 10%, promising that the company would
pay this amount in the form of bonuses if they fulfilled the mine's
production targets.
They say that these targets were twice achieved by March 2011 and
that Mr. Der-Boghossian paid the workers as promised.
"However, due to reasons unknown to us, Madeline has refused to pay
our husbands these amounts even though the ore production targets
were reached in April, May and June of this year," the letter reads.
The wives also claim that Mrs.Tashjian has nullified the bonus
agreement signed by her husband and will not increase wages by the 10%
in question.
They say that the monthly bonuses only amounted to 10,000 - 15,000
AMD; a small expense for the company but a sizeable chunk of income
for their families.
The angry spouses also say that they believe that the money is being
used to pay off the boys implicated in the paedophilia case regarding
their testimony in court.
On August 19, Hetq telephoned Metal Prince Ltd., the mining company
owned by Serop Der-Boghossian, to get their side of the story.
We were told to submit our questions in writing, which we did that
same day.
Receiving no response, we telephoned again today.
Liza, the same woman, picked up the phone and told us that this was
an internal issue and that we might not receive any formal response.
After pressing her a bit more, Liza said that the company's public
affairs spokesperson was away on vacation. He would be the one to state
whether or not Metal Prince would respond to our list of questions.
Five minutes later, Liza called up Hetq to say that the spokesperson
would be returning on September 5.
hetq
12:56, August 30, 2011
A group of women have written to Madeline Tashjian, wife of Serop
Der-Boghossian now being tried for pedophilia, complaining that their
husbands, employees of the Akhtala Mining Company, haven't received
their monetary bonuses as promised.
In the letter, a copy of which was forwarded to Hetq, the women write,
"You would think that the employees of the company are to blame for
the horrendous crimes of her husband, and now enraged, she is taking
out her revenge on our husbands."
The wives note that in April 2010, Serop Der-Boghossian cut the
wages of a group of workers by 10%, promising that the company would
pay this amount in the form of bonuses if they fulfilled the mine's
production targets.
They say that these targets were twice achieved by March 2011 and
that Mr. Der-Boghossian paid the workers as promised.
"However, due to reasons unknown to us, Madeline has refused to pay
our husbands these amounts even though the ore production targets
were reached in April, May and June of this year," the letter reads.
The wives also claim that Mrs.Tashjian has nullified the bonus
agreement signed by her husband and will not increase wages by the 10%
in question.
They say that the monthly bonuses only amounted to 10,000 - 15,000
AMD; a small expense for the company but a sizeable chunk of income
for their families.
The angry spouses also say that they believe that the money is being
used to pay off the boys implicated in the paedophilia case regarding
their testimony in court.
On August 19, Hetq telephoned Metal Prince Ltd., the mining company
owned by Serop Der-Boghossian, to get their side of the story.
We were told to submit our questions in writing, which we did that
same day.
Receiving no response, we telephoned again today.
Liza, the same woman, picked up the phone and told us that this was
an internal issue and that we might not receive any formal response.
After pressing her a bit more, Liza said that the company's public
affairs spokesperson was away on vacation. He would be the one to state
whether or not Metal Prince would respond to our list of questions.
Five minutes later, Liza called up Hetq to say that the spokesperson
would be returning on September 5.