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In Panevėžys, the young man could not avoid a conviction for attempted fraud, falsification of documents and falsification of vehicle mileage. The court that heard his appeal determined that the last two acts had been committed by the convicted person with the aim of committing fraud, that is, obtaining an illegal benefit by receiving a greater benefit from the insurance company.
Mantas Stukas, a 33-year-old young man from Panevėžys, was taken to the bank by an accident in April 2019. In the Panevėžys district, his Mercedes-Benz E220 entered the pond and sank. The driver told police officers and later representatives of the insurance company where his car was covered by Kasko’s insurance that he had left the road towards the pond in an attempt to avoid a collision with unexpected children on the road. they were cycling.
The driver claimed to have flown into the pond in an attempt to avoid a collision with children who had ridden bicycles on the road. There was no data on whether the accident was staged.
M. Stukas, who requested compensation for the sunken car, informed the insurer that he had purchased a 2011 Mercedes-Benz just over a month ago, according to an online advertisement for 11,000. EUR, its mileage – almost 184 thousand. miles, and the condition prior to the car accident was impeccable.
Interesting facts came to light when the claims investigator at the insurance company where the car was insured began to verify that all the information provided by the driver was correct. It was established that a resident of Panevėžys bought said car for 4 thousand. 700 euros. Representatives from the company from which the Mercedes-Benz was purchased explained that they were asking for relatively low prices because the car’s engine had been “counterfeited” and had to be replaced. Also, the mileage of the car, which was used as a taxi in France, when it was sold to a buyer from Panevėžys, was 380 thousand. kilometres.
According to experts, the value of the Mercedes-Benz E220 on the day of the event, if its mileage – 380 thousand. km, it would be about 10 thousand. 200 euros, and if your mileage is 183 thousand. km – about 12 thousand. euros. The use of a car to provide taxi services, as it is operated intensively, reduces its value by 10 to 20 percent. Because the car was sold not only as an old taxi, but also with a faulty engine, its value was even less.
The actual mileage of the car was more than 380 thousand. kilometers, and the changed speedometer showed only 183 thousand. mileage.
Suspecting that M. Stukas provided incorrect information to illegally receive a higher benefit, the insurance company turned to law enforcement officials. Investigators from the Panevėžys City and District Police Station launched a pre-trial investigation, led by the Panevėžys District Prosecutor’s Office, according to a report released Tuesday by Rasa Stundžienė, Chief Specialist of the Communication Division of the General Prosecutor’s Office (Panev .žys).
During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that in 2019. The Mercedes bought by M. Stukas in February was inspected the next day at Panevėžys. Among other information, it is observed that his mileage is 183 thousand. 127 kilometers. The car’s owner told officials that prior to the roadworthiness test, the engine failure had been repaired and the instrument panel had been replaced because the old one had failed. The modified instrument panel recorded more than half of the car’s actual mileage, but the Panevėžys resident did not report about it.
In case of suspicions about the real value of Mercedes, the insurance company did not pay the insurance compensation and the owner of the car was charged with attempted fraud, falsification of documents and falsification of the vehicle’s mileage.
The driver, who made money with the insurance company, will have to pay 4 thousand. a fine of EUR.
2020 In September, the Panevėžys District Court, which examined this criminal case, found the residents of Panevėžys guilty of all these criminal acts. “The court has no doubt that defendant Stuk had a preconceived notion of profit when he purchased the Mercedes-Benz E220,” the verdict said. After summarizing the penalties, the convicted man was fined 80 MGL (4 thousand euros).
After appealing this accusation to the Panevėžys Regional Court, M. Stukas received unpleasant news on January 28. The second instance court, after examining the convicted person’s complaint, issued a dismissal order. The panel of judges concluded that the Panevėžys resident had been reasonably and legally found guilty by the trial court.
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