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According to the prosecution, prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Department of the Prosecutor General Nerijus Marcinkevičius and Ugnius Vyčinas were arrested Wednesday morning during the pre-trial investigation of various corruption offenses. Chief Investigator, Nerijus Valatka Research Division, Šarūnas Mickevičius Lawyer practicing in Kaunas. There are currently eleven suspects in the pre-trial investigation.
Delphi According to sources, these arrests are related to the famous dekio bankas financial machinations case: part of the investigation has already been completed and must be turned over to the court. Bribes are suspected of being made to make favorable decisions, but their amounts have yet to be revealed.
“The pre-trial investigation began after receiving information that said prosecutors, as well as an FNTT official, are meeting with said attorney, discussing the cases in his possession, the progress of the cases, discussing undisclosed data that may be useful to third parties, “said Attorney General Evald. Pašilis. “It is suspected that such actions could have been carried out in particularly significant cases of loss of assets in Ūkio bankas, credit union cases and other cases of financial crime.”
Authorities say about 30 searches were conducted Wednesday morning not only at the suspects’ workplaces but also at their homes.
The prosecutor’s office stated that the pre-trial investigation had begun after reports that prosecutors and the FNTT official, acting independently of each other, informally met with the lawyer and discussed the progress of the pre-investigation investigations. trial, undisclosed data and procedural decisions. the individuals in question are informally represented by individuals. It is possible that in some cases material or other benefits were sought.
Such discussions and subsequent actions by officials are suspected to have taken place in cases that received special public attention, such as the waste of assets in bankkio bankas, credit unions, and other financial and economic cases. It is not excluded that the current scope of the investigation and the number of suspects may change.
By order of Attorney General Evaldas Pašilis, the three prosecutors are removed from office today, and appropriate official inspections and other internal procedures begin.
The Attorney General’s order also initiates a comprehensive inspection of pre-trial investigations under the control of detained prosecutors to assess the validity and legality of their decisions. For preventive purposes, some ongoing and completed preliminary investigations into various financial and economic crimes will also be inspected. Given the unprecedented situation, the heads of the prosecutor’s office also plan to rotate some of these pre-trial investigations among prosecutors under their control in the near future, to review and adjust the identified specializations.
“Without a doubt, when it comes to starting a pre-trial investigation into possible crimes committed by prosecutors who have been working for many years and made a career, it is very sad and disappointing.” Unfortunately, the carefully obtained data some time ago did not allow any other decision to be made. I would also like to emphasize that I sincerely believe that the absolute majority of those who work in the prosecution are united by a belief in justice and that the mission of prosecution formulated by law is not just a good word for us. And this is what determines the decision not to identify with those for whom values are more important than values, “said the Attorney General Evaldas Pašilis.
The pre-trial investigation into alleged trafficking, bribery, abuse and bribery is conducted by the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Department of the Office of the Attorney General and the Special Investigation Service in cooperation with the Financial Crime Investigation Service.
The Ūkio bankas case is in focus
In January, the prosecutor’s office announced that it had already completed a pre-trial investigation into the waste of high-value Ūkio bankas assets, abuse of charges, legalization of criminally acquired assets, establishment and administration of legal entities used to hide criminal activities. .
In addition, the investigation was carried out into office abuse, the legalization of criminal assets, the establishment and management of companies that were used to cover up criminal activities.
Iokio bankas, administered by Vladimir Romanov, who received asylum in Russia, was declared insolvent in February 2013, and bankruptcy proceedings were filed against him in May of the same year. In November 2013, the Office of the Attorney General approved Ūkio bankas as a civil plaintiff in a pre-trial investigation into the actions of shareholders and managers directed at its decisions by wasting the bank’s assets.
In the Ūkio bankas case, accusations were made against 13 people, suspecting that they were operating in an organized group. Among them is the main shareholder of the bank V. Romanov, former members of the supervisory board and the bank’s board.
During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that the suspects, abusing their official position, made loans to the bankkio bankas companies they administered, and therefore more than LTL 40 million wasted. euros The proceeds of crime were laundered through the accounts of 80 natural and legal persons. For them, real estate was bought in the UK, and part of the money was used to increase the share capital of a company registered in Belarus.
2013 In May Romanov left for Russia and his international search was announced. 2015 he was detained in Moscow in April, but was soon released, and in August of the same year, Russia reported that Romanov had received asylum.
In June 2018, it was decided to try V. Romanov in Lithuania in absentia without his participation in court proceedings. The Vilnius City District Court recognized V. Romanov as a suspect who is not available to the Lithuanian police during the pre-trial investigation of his criminal acts.
In this case, the investigation was supervised by the Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General U. Vyčinas.
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