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Currently, the study covers the transactions of 12 private companies related to the sale of various medical equipment and other devices to 14 Lithuanian medical institutions, which were concluded after possible non-transparent public procurement tenders.
Currently, more than 100 criminal offenses are being investigated throughout Lithuania.
Twenty-nine representatives of private companies and twenty-two employees of medical institutions, nine of whom are heads of medical institutions, are currently accused of various acts of corruption.
STT representative Renata Keblienė confirmed to BNS that among them, the director of the Republican Šiauliai Hospital Remigijus Mažeika, the head of the polyclinic of the capital Naujininkai Vilija Kristina Židonienė and the director of the Jonava hospital Paulius Vasilavičius.
Photo by Luke April / 15 minutes / Remigijus Mažeika
“So far, no information on the status of the heads of units or employees of other medical institutions is provided in this study. At the moment, we only provide information on the directors of medical institutions,” noted R. Keblienė.
According to her, more searches were made since last week, during which around 60,000 more were found and seized. cash in euros. In total, the amount of cash found during the investigation already exceeds 330 thousand. euros.
Data collected by STT officials currently suggests that representatives of companies trading in medical devices and equipment, possibly operating by various illegal means, may have created conditions for companies to illegally obtain purchases from various Lithuanian medical institutions for more. of 3 million. EUR.
The study is carried out by the Central Research Board of the STT together with all the territorial boards. The investigation 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 Division of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
There may be more suspect treatment facilities
After announcing a large-scale investigation into corruption in the public procurement sector in the health sector on March 4, law enforcement officials said allegations of various corruption offenses were made against 35 people, four of whom which are heads of private companies and six are heads of medical institutions.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Narimantas Markevičius
Law enforcement confirmed that the suspects include Narimantas Markevičius, director of the Vilnius City Clinical Hospital, Daiva Kanopienė, director of the Šeškinė polyclinic, Olegas Kačanas, chief physician of the Vilnius district Nemenčinė polyclinic, Stasys Skauminas, hospital director Kėdainiai, director of the main municipality of Plungė district director Irena Janušonienė.
The accusations were also brought against the director of Limeta V. Domarkas, the director of Limeta NT, the shareholder of both companies K. Kutkauskas and the director of Graina E. Sudeikis.
More than a hundred crimes are being investigated, according to the Special Investigation Service. It is suspected that they may have involved more than a dozen medical institutions from different municipalities, their managers and other people responsible for public procurement.
According to law enforcement, criminal offenses such as abuse, bribery, influence peddling, bribery, as well as fraudulent accounting and falsification of documents are investigated.
Darius Balčiūnas, head of the STT Central Board of Investigation, said on Thursday that 270,000 people were found during about 150 searches. cash in various currencies. According to him, the officials also recorded moments of possible transfer of a bribe.
According to the prosecutor Žydrūnas Radišauskas, the public procurement of the institutions “restricted competition, discriminated against other suppliers” and the conditions to win over certain protected companies were harmonized.
Most of the suspects were taken into custody – written promises not to leave. A suspect, E. Sudeikis, was arrested. The prosecution also requested the arrest of V. Domarkas and K. Kutkauskas, but the court did not comply with 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.
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