During the search, the officials found more than one million euros: new inconveniences for the employer

Vilnius Regional Court judge Eglė Gruodienė decided this on Monday after examining the criminal case against 51-year-old A. Staknis for bribery.

Although prosecutors accused A. Staknis of offering to accept very high-value bribes from FNTT officials, after evaluating not only the pretrial investigation but also the evidence gathered during the trial, the court concluded that such allegations had not been substantiated; A. Staknys was convicted of bribery when officials were offered to accept a bribe of at least 100 euros.

According to the court, A. Staknys was convicted because the FNTT offered the investigators a bribe of an indefinite amount, but not less than 100 euros, because these bills were used to keep money at home.

Allocate 10 thousand LTL to A. Staknis for bribery of officials. Earlier this year, the prosecutors who handed over the criminal case also offered the euro a fine, but the court, after reading the data collected in the case, decided to instruct the businessman as necessary: ​​they gave him up to 50 thousand. Eur good. Upon learning of this, the convicted person challenged the criminal order in court and stated that he did not agree not only with the sentence that was imposed but also with the guilt.

According to the case, A. Staknys offered a bribe to two FNTT officials in 2019 on November 19, around 12 noon, during a court-ordered raid on his home.

According to officials, in order not to find and confiscate a large amount of cash during the search, around one million euros, the businessman directly offered a bribe of more than 250 MSL on the ground floor of his house, offering to share the money and the circumstances of their presence and discovery. it does not appear in the search report – that is, he directly offered a bribe of around 500,000 euros for the alleged unlawful omission of this official in the performance of his duties ”.

When the official refused to accept a bribe and a million 30 thousand were found in the house. A. Staknys offered to bribe a lead investigator who had completed the money search and search protocol, but also refused to commit a crime.

During the pre-trial investigation, A. Staknys did not comment on the suspicions raised against him and did not comment.

At the time, the official, who had been offered a bribe of half a million, said that he had arrived at the home of A. Staknis with his colleagues on November 19, around 10 p.m.

“We found A. Staknis sitting in the backyard of the Lexus RX 450 H in the backyard, introduced himself to the FNTT officers and explained that a court-ordered search would be conducted at his home,” said the researcher at the FNTT. – A. Staknys got out of the car, he did not present his cell phone in good faith when requested, therefore, after using force, they took his phone from him and handcuffed him. A. Staknys entered the house in good faith, his wife was inside.
After announcing the court ruling and on the objects sought, A. Staknys refused to open the room in the basement of the house.

After I took steps to call the fire department with special measures to remove the obstacles, A. Staknys said that he had the keys to the room and that they were in the workshop. When he arrived at the studio, A. Staknys explained to me that he had a million euros in cash in the basement and that he could confirm his legal acquisition with loan notes. Mr Staknys offered me not to bother and waste my time, and said that it was better not to find that money and not write it in the search report, and offered to divide that million euros in half. I have warned you several times that such proposals are illegal and may have legal consequences, but Mr. Staknys has continued to insist on sharing that million. I informed my manager about it. “

The official said Staknis’s offer “seemed realistic; he didn’t seem to be joking about offering such an amount.”

“After such suggestions and warnings, the businessman and I went down to the basement of the house, opened the safes in the room with the keys given by A. Staknis, and found in them more than a million euros in cash.” businessman and offered him a “deal” to split the money in half.

According to the FNTT, the search of the house of A. Staknis was carried out during the investigation of the case of scrap metal dealers operating in the shadow. According to officials, the businessman is the organizer of this business.
“During the arrest, he sought to destroy his mobile phone, broke the tablet, and received initial information that he may have offered to agree with the officials not to search the items found during the search,” the officials said.

According to them, the investigation began at the beginning of last year on money laundering. Information on the movement of money was verified, German officials were regularly contacted, and action was taken in both Germany and Lithuania. The information was confirmed, officials found 1 million. 30 thousand in cash. ‘

Law enforcement officials explained how the shadow scheme worked: by handling documents abroad, electronic scrap containing precious metals was bought, purified in Lithuania, and then, by hiding taxes, sold in other countries of the world. the European Union.

According to preliminary data, the clandestine trade in precious metal scrap generated huge revenues. In Germany, about 200 million illegal turnover, and in Lithuania it can reach about 10 million. euros.

In Germany, the local police carried out several dozen searches and arrested more than ten people. Officials from the Financial Crimes Investigation Service (FNTT) also unraveled a confusing conspiracy scheme used by couriers transporting money to Lithuania.

In secret, meetings with impressive cash transfers were held in apartments rented specifically for this purpose in foreign countries, and various means of communication were used.

“After taking the money in Germany or Poland, they quickly transported it to Lithuania and handed it over to certain people,” the officials said.