Millions of burglaries: millionaire Karpavičius finds no lost and guilty property so far

Delfi has received previously unpublished information.

Attempts were made to fill the holes in the walls.

Entrepreneur R. Karpavičius missed the lost items in 2018, just before Christmas. As far as we know, after the operation and treatment at the hospital, he went to his home in Palanga and no longer found the extremely valuable works of art and jewelry that had been there before.

On the night of December 20, 2018, the editorial office received a copy of the statement written by R. Karpavičius and submitted to the police.

He said he reported that from 2018. From November 12 to December 20, 2018, art treasures and cash were stolen from a house in Palanga. It is also mentioned that the exact damage will be provided later.

“All money and valuables belong to me. I suspect that my ex-wife (Audronė Karpavičienė – ed. Past.) Or son (Rokas Karpis – ed. Past.) Could have stolen me, ”wrote R. Karpavičius in a statement submitted to the police.

At the bottom of each application sheet was the employer’s signature. R. Karpavičius then sent a warning to the police regarding responsibility for a false complaint or notification of a non-existent crime.

On the same day, an investigator from the activities department of the Palanga City Police Commissioner of the Klaipėda County Chief Police Commissioner inspected the scene of the incident, a copy of the minutes was also received by the editorial office.

He described in detail the details of the area where the house is located in Palanga, mentions that a security post has been installed at the entrance to the area and there are video surveillance cameras with motion sensors. The investigator further described the details inside the house.

The lock on the front door of the house is said to be intact and there were no signs of breakage.

According to the owner, there is a lack of money stored in one of the drawers, a collection of gold watches and other expensive items, as the researcher mentions that in some places there are glazed holes in the wall, it is considered possible to disguise the accessory of the hanging image above. Tags left by the article. Therefore, in the protocol, the researcher describes almost every room in the house, mentioning that a Tarot card can be seen placed on the table in the study, representing a hanged person.

A few days later, on December 27, 2018, R. Karpavičius received notification of the decision to initiate a pre-trial investigation due to this theft.

In the document entitled “Notice of pre-trial investigation initiated”, the Klaipėda County Chief Police Commissioner informed the businessman that the investigation was initiated in accordance with article 178 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. 3, – for theft. (Article 178, Paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania: “A person who kidnaps foreign property of high value or values ​​of high scientific, historical or cultural significance or kidnapped foreign property by participating in an organized group shall be punished with imprisonment of up to eight years. “

The paintings were also missing in Nida

The missing art collection and valuables at R. Karpavičius’ house in Palanga, as other documents received showed, may not have been the only robbery.

Approximately two weeks after writing a statement to the police about the theft in Palanga, on January 3, 2019, the brother of businessman Henrikas Karpavičius, authorized by his brother, presented another statement to the police about the “possible theft of paintings in the businessman’s house in Nida. “

They were also asked to combine these two loss of property cases and examine them as a continuation of the theft from their home in Palanga. The documents indicate that on the same day, the house of R. Karpavičius’ son Rokas Karpis was searched, but “nothing was found or taken during it.”

R. Karpavičius himself had indicated in the survey that 2 paintings had disappeared from his home in Nida, which he had bought for 7,000. EUR.

Interestingly, the documents indicate that on November 23, 2018, the home alarm system in Nida went off for approximately seven minutes (approximately 9:47 p.m.).

The pre-trial investigation found that that night, around 9 p.m. 8 min., R. Karpis crossed the Alksnyne checkpoint and entered Neringa. A pre-trial investigation into the robbery in Nida against R. Karpis was launched. He was restricted from leaving the country and a temporary restriction was imposed on property rights.

R. Karpis himself did not admit his guilt to investigators and the interviewee said that the suspect usually goes to Neringa and Juodkrante to meet friends from Kaliningrad. When asked to name them, he said he did not want to because he did not want to involve them in the process.

The ruling of the Klaipėda Regional Prosecutor’s Office received by the editorial board later states that the pre-trial investigation against R. Karpis was terminated.

The Prosecutor’s decision establishes that during the pre-trial investigation against R. Karpis, after exhausting all possibilities, objective data was not collected to confirm the suspect’s guilt, therefore, on April 15, 2020, it was decided to end the pre-trial investigation against R. Karpis.

Today, an investigation continues into the looting of high-value assets under Article 178 CC. 3 d.

In total, the damage amounts to more than 1 million. EUR

Delfi also received descriptions of R. Karpavičius’s lost property, which were signed by the businessman himself. These are several pages of detailed items and jewelry valued in specific quantities for what was stolen from a house in Palanga.

According to the businessman’s office alone, 455 thousand. EUR.

Among the valuable items: paintings, statues, gold watches, collection of gold pocket watches (90 thousand euros), gold mobile phone (14 thousand euros), 30 thousand. Eur in cash, collection of Russian gold coins, priced at 70 thousand. Eur, Persian carpet, sword with precious stones (25 thousand euros), etc.

In other rooms, the businessman lost vases, china from a closet, lunch service, collectibles from the bar, paintings that disappeared along with certificates of old paintings, and more.

In addition, a description of lost jewelry was included as a separate appendix. It contains two sets of gold jewelry for women, a gold men’s ring with a diamond and a gold men’s ring. The value of the lost jewelry was valued at 196 thousand. EUR.

Adding all the losses indicated in the documents, the damage caused in Palanga amounts to 996.5 thousand. The total value of losses in Palanga and Nida exceeds one million – 1 million. 12 thousand Eur, written in the documents.

R. Karpis’ lawyer: on decision to end pre-trial investigation: legal and justified

Delfi contacted R. Karpis’ representative and lawyer, Artur Jušinskis, who agreed to answer the questions. At the request of an attorney, this is a question and answer form provided to readers.

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– To our knowledge, prosecutors from the Klaipeda Regional Prosecutor’s Office have decided to end the pre-trial investigation against Rokas Karpis. How does R. Karpis evaluate this decision?

– On April 15, 2020, the prosecutor who controlled the pretrial investigation made the decision to terminate the pretrial investigation against my defendant Rock Carp.

It should be noted that the aforementioned pre-trial investigation ended in accordance with article 3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. 1 d. 1 p. alleging that it concluded that it did not commit a criminal offense under article 178 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. 1 d. (Article 178, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania: “He who seized the property of another shall be punished with public works or a fine, or restriction of liberty, arrest or imprisonment for up to three years” – ed.

According to R. Karpis, this decision is legal and justified, and reflects the real circumstances of the event established in the case. During the investigation, all possible procedural actions (including procedural coercive measures) were carried out, carefully analyzing and evaluating the identified circumstances relevant to the investigation of the criminal offense. The content of the case file shows that police investigators took all possible steps to collect data relevant to the investigation and to investigate the circumstances indicated by the victims Henrikas Karpavičius and Aistė (Grybauskienė) Karpavičienė, but no categorical and objective data was received. that R. Karpis committed the crime. .

– Is he himself going to look for the culprits who may have stolen? R. Karpavičius jewelry and property in Palanga and Nida?

– Yes, R. Karpis has submitted a request to the prosecutor who supervises the pre-trial investigation to take certain measures in the criminal process in order to identify the real perpetrators and bring them to justice.

– It is also known that R. Karpis just visited Neringa at night, when the alarm system went off at Nida’s house. The press claims that he had no house code, keys, etc. Can you confirm that?

– I can only confirm the fact that, at the end of the pre-trial investigation against Rock Carp, it was recognized that: ‘… no further evidence has been received showing that on November 23 R. Karpis turned off the alarm .. I cannot confirm or deny the other information that you request, since these are specific data from the pre-trial investigation. In accordance with article 177 of the LAC Penal Code. 1 d. The case data can be published only with the permission of the prosecutor and only to the extent deemed admissible, in which case no such permission exists. Today, at the initiative of Rokas Karpis and by decision of the pretrial investigation institution, the pretrial investigation into the kidnapping of high-value assets (Article 178 (3) of the Lithuanian Penal Code), therefore, any disclosure of specific details of the pre-trial investigation continues without the permission of the prosecutor

– I also wanted to ask about the paintings that may have been found in Tenerife. Could you tell us more about when R. Karpis was going there, what he saw, maybe you have pictures of paintings?

– It is clear from the content of your question that specific details of the pre-trial investigation are also requested in this case without the prosecutor’s permission.

At this stage, it can only be said that during the pre-trial investigation, my defendant R. Karpis provided relevant data and explanations for the investigation in order to reveal the criminal act and establish the truth.

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Documents received by Delfi stated that in 2020 In January, the photographs taken by the lawyer of suspect R. Karpis A. Jušinskis, depicting paintings, possibly ancient utensils, were recorded in the inspection report, according to suspect R. Karpis, are in a house in Tenerife. However, the prosecution conducted an investigation and interviewed witnesses and concluded that no relevant data for the investigation had been obtained.

Criticism expressed

Delfi also addressed a comment to Darius Raulušaitis, Aistė Karpavičienė’s lawyer. He told the editorial that law enforcement officials “fairly casually” observed the investigation.

“Despite the fact that the stolen house was constantly monitored by security guards, its access was filmed with security cameras, investigators were still unable to identify who committed the robbery.”

During the investigation, the video recordings were not even properly reviewed and all persons who entered and left the home were identified. Although (aa) Raimondas Karpavičius himself, upon seeing the robbery, identified his ex-wife Audronė and his son Rokas Karpis as the most likely perpetrators of this robbery, who had every opportunity to enter the home when he was ill, investigators they couldn’t adequately verify this version, “he said. the.

It was also argued that, given the lack of professionalism of the investigators and prosecutors conducting the investigation, they had no choice but to make requests for the prosecutor to make the decision to end the investigation against Rock Carp and to reverse the decision to suspend the investigation. investigation.

“Investigators are asked to complete at least basic investigative steps: typically view video recordings of a stolen house and find out what Rokas Karpis was doing in Neringa the night of the robbery, with whom he had met.

Theft of artistic values ​​on this scale is a truly extraordinary event in the history of Lithuanian forensic medicine, so I would like to see at least a little more care in your investigative approach, not to mention the proper evaluation of suspicious actions, trying to deceive investigators and the public about the identities of the stolen works or their existence. “Said D. Raulušaitis.

Didn’t suspect anyone of theft in Palanga

After contacting representatives of the Klaipeda Regional Prosecutor’s Office, it was confirmed that a pre-trial investigation into the theft is currently underway.

“Currently, a pre-trial investigation is being conducted, various data is being collected, all possible investigative actions are being taken to find out the circumstances of the commission of a criminal offense. No one has been charged.” said Ignė Rotautaitė-Pukenė, Chief Specialist of the Communication Division of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania.

When asked about the review of the video cameras, it was explained that the prosecutor’s office could not give an answer, as these were the data from the pre-trial investigation, which is confidential.