[ad_1]
Renata Keblienė, a representative of the Special Investigation Service, informed BNS on Thursday that prosecutors had asked the court for his dismissal, which dismissed S. Skauminas for three months and A. Martusevičius for half a year.
An employee of the Plungė Hospital was also removed from his post during this period.
Early Thursday, Povilas Poderskis, director of the Vilnius city municipal administration, announced that Daiva Kanopienė, the director of the Šeškinė Polyclinic, had been removed from office indefinitely.
Narimantas Markevičius, the director of the Vilnius City Clinical Hospital, was also due to be removed, but according to P. Poderskis, he went on vacation on Wednesday.
A representative of the STT BNS also confirmed that the officers had searched the home of D. Kanopienė, director of the Šeškinė Polyclinic, during which documents and items related to the investigation, including computers and telephones, were seized.
Police suspect that companies dealing in medical equipment may have illegally won over 3 million in purchases from various Lithuanian medical institutions. euros.
Currently, the investigation raises complaints of various crimes of corruption against 35 people, four of whom are heads of private companies and six are heads of medical institutions.
Among the suspects are N. Markevičius, Director of the Vilnius City Clinical Hospital, D. Kanopienė, Director of the Šeškinė Polyclinic, Olegas Kačanas, Chief Medical Officer of the Nemenčinė Vilnius District Polyclinic, S. Skauminas, Director of the Kėdainiai Hospital, A. Martusevičius, Director of Plungė District Municipal Hospital and Radviliškis District Primary Care Center, Director Irena Janušonienė.
Virginijus Domarkas, director of the medical equipment company Limeta, member of the Kretinga District Council, former parliamentary social democrat, as well as Kęstutis Kutkauskas, director of the company Limeta NT, a shareholder of both companies, were also suspected in this investigation.
Erland Sudeikis, chairman of the board and shareholder of Graina, a company that also deals in medical equipment and is based in Panevėžys, was also suspected.
Most of the suspects were taken into custody with written promises not to leave. One suspect, the director of the private company Graina, E. Sudeikis, was arrested.
The prosecution also requested the arrest of the owners of Limeta, V. Domarkas, and the owner of the company Limeta NT, shareholder of both companies, K. Kutkauskas, but the court did not respond to these requests.
The investigation of the Central Investigation Board of the STT is controlled, organized and directed by a group of prosecutors from the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Directorate of the Attorney General’s Office and the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Divisions of the Prosecutor’s Offices District.
[ad_2]
