Millions of clients have been sent to court: more than 2.5 million have been wasted, another 800,000. appropriate

The pre-trial investigation began in 2017, after receiving data on suspicious money transfer operations carried out by one of the savings and credit cooperatives operating in Vilnius, whose amounts ranged from 20,000 LTL. up to 100 thousand. euros. The institution’s acting director, together with a person under his authority, is suspected of engaging in large-scale embezzlement of clients’ money. A total of several dozen socially vulnerable people participated in criminal schemes.

Data collected by FNTT officials reveals that, without the clients’ knowledge, large sums of money were transferred in their accounts to the accounts of suspicious persons. The defendants, who transferred the funds, indicated that the money was allegedly transferred to the client after the termination of the deposit agreement or for other reasons. To substantiate the legality of the orders, criminal act organizers forged not only customer requests to rescind deposit agreements, but also cash expenditure orders and other documents.

Those who received orders on their accounts were immediately compensated by law enforcement officers and passed on to intermediaries. When bank employees were interested in the origin of the funds, these people could not justify where they received so much money. The rest of the client funds were transferred to accounts in Asia. It is estimated that in just over a month, scam organizers potentially wasted more than $ 2.55 million. euros, almost 800 thousand. The defendants are suspected of embezzlement of 428 thousand euros. an attempt was made to waste.

The pre-trial investigation was supervised by the Chief Prosecutor of the 3rd Prosecution Division of the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office. Once the indictment has been drawn up, the case will move to court. During the pre-trial investigation, property rights were temporarily restricted to properties with a value greater than 81,000. euros. Also during the pre-trial investigation, after the prosecution operationally restricted property rights over the seized funds, nearly 500,000 were returned to the credit union. euros.

The most severe punishment for the misappropriation of high-value foreign property is imprisonment for up to ten years. Waste of high-value foreign assets is punishable by the most severe prison term of up to seven years. A penalty of up to three years in prison can be imposed for falsifying documents, and fraudulent accounting carries a maximum prison sentence of up to four years. Abuse of official office for personal or patrimonial gain is punishable by the most severe prison sentence of up to seven years. The illegal acquisition, storage, transmission and realization of data from an electronic payment instrument and its means of user authentication, the illegal initiation and execution of financial transactions will be punished with the most severe prison sentence of up to six years.