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Among other things, R. Kurlianskis is accused of bribing Eligijus Masiulis for participating in the discussion and voting on the amendment to the Consumer Credit Law filed by another defendant: Šarūnas Gustainis.
According to R. Kurlianskis, the Liberal Movement was influenced by opponents and supporters of the law, that is, the Bank of Lithuania and the presidency.
The Bank of Lithuania proposed to parliamentarians to adopt a stricter regulation of credit issuance.
The defendant recalled the testimony of Ingrida Šimonytė, who had previously testified in court, in which she said that there are always different interests and that politicians have a duty to reconcile those interests.
During the period under discussion in court in 2015, I. Šimonytė, deputy chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, spoke about the bank’s recorded proposal to amend the Consumer Credit Law. According to her, interest groups made great efforts to have no effect require fast credit companies to ensure that the credit applicant can repay it.
According to R. Kurlianskis, the position of the Bank of Lithuania was supported by the presidency, its representatives allegedly called parliamentarians and presented arguments on why this position should be supported.
R. Kurlianskis emphasized that the vote on the amendment in the liberal faction was free.
The businessman said he had spoken with parliamentarians Mantas Adomėnas and Laurynas Kaščiūnas about how this law is being discussed.
“Not only with them, but I don’t want to mention surnames or people. The conversations in this case were taken very selectively,” suggested R. Kurlianskis.
The defendant said in court that the politicians were a source of information for him and that E. Masiulis was no exception.
He said he financed political activities
Previously, R. Kurlianskis declared that 90 thousand. euros, which the police call a bribe, were allocated to the political activities of Eligijus Masiulis.
“Yes, it was 90 thousand. To finance the political activities and the electoral campaign of Eligijus Masiulis. And this is absolutely true and has nothing to do with the legislative processes described by the prosecutor. And even more: this is not the first and nor the last time I have financed the political activities of Eligijus Masiulis, in part I financed them, “he declared in court.
Kurlianskis promised to tell us what that means later.
Why 90 thousand instead of 106 thousand. euros?
The police accuse E. Masiulis of taking 106.2 thousand. EUR instead of 90 thousand. bribery in euros.
Police say the money was transferred on May 10, 2016. According to law enforcement data, the businessman and politician who had been driving R. Kurlianskis’ car for some time had met to smoke, and the politician that he had already got out of the businessman’s car had come out of his bag.
In the afternoon of the same day, the criminals who got into the car found a loose cash strap and another tied with an elastic band in the previous envelope of a politician’s suitcase. In total – 16.2 thousand. euros The inspection verified that the money was not marked, was not marked.
A Stumbras bag with a Millennium OAK box was found in the trunk of the car. I had 90 thousand. euros, which were marked by forensic scientists with a special chemical.
Later, E. Masiulis declared that 90 thousand. EUR was R. Kurlianskis’ loan, and the money in the envelope was her personal funds.
A total of 242.4 thousand people were found during the search in E. Masiulis. euros and some money in foreign currency. Of these, prosecutors 106 thousand. 136.2 thousand euros as a bribe, and the remaining 136.2 thousand. EUR: assets received from unidentified sources. According to the police, these funds are undeclared and undocumented, so there is no legal income.
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