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GJFurmanavičius appealed to the Vilnius Regional Court in 2019. 18 November convicted of human trafficking and sentenced to 3 years in prison, suspended for 2 years.
Sigitas Živoltas, another convict, who has been convicted of two traffic offenses and sentenced to 4 years in prison with a 3-year sentence, also appealed the district court’s decision.
GJFurmanavičius was convicted of using his influence as an advisor to the Director of the National Land Service to accept a bribe of 20,000 euros from public officials, promising to influence officials to act illegally, and S. Živoltas was convicted of demanding a bribed the company, then agreed to give a bribe to the director’s advisor to use his influence to influence public officials to act illegally.
The convicted persons did not plead guilty before the court of first instance and in their appeals they requested their acquittal, alleging that they had not committed the crimes in question.
The Lithuanian Court of Appeal dismissed the convictions’ complaints.
In their appeals, the condemned contested the assessment of the evidence on which the conviction was based. They argued that the data obtained during the criminal intelligence activities was unreasonably admitted as evidence and that, according to the appellants, the evidence was selectively evaluated, their guilt based only on presumptions. The panel of judges of the Court of Appeal rejected such allegations by the appellants as unfounded.
According to the appellants’ arguments, the Lithuanian Court of Appeal examined the evidence. The panel of judges applied the criminal intelligence issue in relation to criminal intelligence information (data) based on the application of criminal intelligence actions to convicted persons, and examined the classified data received in a judicial hearing. After examining these and other additional documents requested by the court at the request of the defense and other materials in the case, the panel of judges concluded that there were both factual and legal grounds to punish and extend criminal intelligence actions to those convicted.
The panel of judges held that the district court’s findings on convicted persons’ involvement in criminal offenses, their guilt, and the classification of offenses were correct and based on the evidence examined.
Rejecting the convictions’ complaints, the panel of judges concluded that the sentences imposed by the court of first instance were clearly not too severe and did not contradict the principles of justice and proportionality.
This decision of the Lithuanian Court of Appeal will enter into force on the day of its adoption and may be appealed on cassation to the Lithuanian Supreme Court within a period of three months.
According to the data of the case, using its relationship with GJFurmanavičius, S. Živoltas indirectly demanded 100,000. bribery in euros of the representatives of Start Vilnius. According to the file, S. Živoltas promised to influence GJFurmanavičius, and through him, other NJT employees, in exchange for a bribe, who would act illegally in the exercise of their powers and allow the formation of land in Vilnius. Subačiaus Street, which connects the state lands with the company plot.
It is also noted that GJFurmanavičius directly agreed to accept 20 thousand. EUR by S. Živolt, promising to influence service employees in making the aforementioned decisions.
In the fall of 2015, GJFurmanavičius met S.Živolt at a Vilnius restaurant and agreed to accept half the bribe – 10,000. euros. The rest of the money had to be taken after the decision was made.
According to the police, S. Živoltas himself tried to receive 80 thousand from Start Vilnius. bribery in euros.
The court, among other things, rejected as unfounded the defense version of GJFurmanavičius that the repayment of the loan had been negotiated, emphasizing that a specific amount of 20 thousand was mentioned in the talks. euros. The court rejected the defense’s version that some of the searches were made illegally.
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