The 36-year-old was still running in the 2018 elections, but the money he received in this way was not spent on the campaign, he bought it for his family.

The Kaposvár District Prosecutor’s Office has charged a man who received support as a candidate in the 2018 parliamentary elections for the crime of budget fraud, which caused greater material damage.

It was not spent on campaigns but on family expenses.

The 36-year-old defendant ran for a non-parliamentary party in one of the Somogy County constituencies. Under the applicable law, the man was entitled to a maintenance of the central budget of one million florins.

The support received can only be used to finance material expenses related to campaign activities during the electoral campaign period, and candidates are required to submit an account on their use in accordance with the agreement with the Hungarian State Treasury. prosecution.

The defendant also gave his statement, but based on the invoices he bought it for his family for more than 750,000 florins.

According to the vouchers, the man bought food, children’s toys, children’s clothing, medicine, a pregnancy test and jewelry with the money, hurting the state budget.

According to the indictment made by the prosecution, the Kaposvár District Court finally imposed a prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months on the accused, whose execution was suspended for 2 years.


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