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The prosecution told BNS that the decision to close the investigation for the alleged fraud and waste of assets was taken on December 22, without any sign of crime. The decision was appealed to the Attorney General’s Office.
“The investigation began in 2017 according to a statement from an economic entity, complaints were made against two people: the chief and general director of another large economic entity,” said Elena Martinonienė, head of the Communication Division of the Attorney General’s Office.
According to the investigation, the suspects, as guarantors, signed a non-protestable promissory note for a very large amount of money, but the company named in it has received only a part of the amount mentioned in the document.
Photo by Irmantas Gelūnas / 15min / Vidmantas Kučinskas
According to BNS, prosecutors were contacted by the Lithuanian fertilizer marketing company Belor, controlled by Germany’s Belor Eurofert. debt under a promissory note issued by Arvi and Ko.
Belor claimed the debts in accordance with the promissory note issued by Arvi ir ko in January 2016. V. Kučinskas, according to Belor, is his guarantor, and the promissory note expired in April 2016. At that time, V. Kučinskas stated that he did not He was the guarantor of the bill, having signed it only as Chairman of the board of Arvi ir ko, approving and allowing the company to issue the bill.
Belor is one of the companies that seeks to recover millions of debts from V. Kučinskas and his companies.
The portal 15min.lt previously announced that the businessman is suspected of possible fraud, waste of others’ assets, property damage due to fraud and bankruptcy.
The fact that a pre-trial investigation is underway in Lithuania against V. Kučinskas became clear at the end of July, when the businessman was arrested in Slovenia at the request of Russia. In mid-November, V. Kučinskas was returned to Lithuania and released for 20 thousand. a guarantee of EUR.
Kuchinsky is suspected of fraud in Russia. The country’s bank, Alfa Bank, is trying to recover some 20 million from a businessman through the courts. debt in euros. The bank’s lawyer has said that the businessman is accused of knowingly providing the bank with misleading information about the financial situation of the fertilizer company Arvi NPK, which operates in Kaliningrad.
15min illustration / Vidmantas Kučinskas, founder of the Arvi group
At the end of 2020, a bankruptcy case was filed against the main company of the V. Kučinskas group, Arvi ir ko. The Kaunas Regional Court then determined that its past due obligations amounted to LTL 40.6 million. and well above half of its 53.2 million euros. assets, so the company is clearly insolvent.
According to the court, Alfa Bank’s claim against the company amounts to 9.2 million. euros.
The bankruptcy proceedings were initiated at the request of Vytautas Freimantas, Director of Dreymoor Fertilizers Overseas, Belor and Arvi ir ko.
V. Kučinskas himself claims that he is innocent and that his business is being attacked for no reason. In Russia, the accuser had previously described the intimidation tactic chosen by Alfa Bank.
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