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The Supreme Court of Lithuania recognized in a final and final appeal that Algimantas Velutis de Rokiškis was justifiably convicted of illegal enrichment. The convict will have to pay more than 16 thousand. A fine of 354 thousand euros was found during your search. the euros will be confiscated and will replenish the state budget.
In May 2019, the trial court issued the verdict in this case. The Panevėžys Regional Court found A.Velutis guilty of the illegal removal of property subject to excise duty. Rokiškėnas had illegally acquired and retained 9,000. 31 packets of cigarettes without Lithuanian stamps. Its market value is 21 thousand. 526 euros. The court of first instance imposed a fine of 250 MGL (€ 9,415) on A.Velučius for disposing of the contraband cigarettes.
During the pre-trial investigation carried out by Panevėžys County Chief Police Station officers, during a search of A. Velutis’ home, an impressive amount of cash was found in the safe, nearly 355,000. euros It is suspected that this money was obtained through illegal activities: cigarette smuggling.
Aidas Amparavičius, the prosecutor for the Second Prosecution Division of the Panevėžys Regional Prosecutor’s Office, who led the pre-trial investigation, also accused of unlawful enrichment. However, the court of first instance acquitted A. Velutis for illicit enrichment, finding that no act had been committed with signs of a crime or misdemeanor.
Prosecutor A. Amparavičius had appealed this part of the sentence to the Lithuanian Court of Appeal, according to a report released on Thursday by Rasa Stundžienė, Chief Specialist in the Communication Division of the Office of the Prosecutor General (Panevėžys).
As noted in the prosecutor’s appeal, A. Velutis admitted that the cigarettes found in his home without Lithuanian stamps belonged to him, but could not logically explain why he needed such a large quantity of cigarettes (the convict demonstrated that the cigarettes were intended for thank the workers who helped the potato hunter).
According to the prosecutor, the statements of the police officers, the notes found during the search and the search protocols confirm that A. Velutis was involved in the illegal cigarette trade in Rokiškis.
The Court of First Instance did not consider that 4 judicial convictions and criminal orders were issued against A. Velutis in 2000-2009, which found him guilty of illegal possession of ethyl alcohol mortars, which, according to the prosecutor, confirms that the activity Illegal could have been one of A.Rolling sources of income.
The appeal draws attention to the fact that A. Velutis has not worked since 2005, he received his last taxable income in August 2005, therefore it is unclear what his source of livelihood was.
After examining the Prosecutor’s complaint, on October 11, 2019, the Lithuanian Court of Appeal found A. Velutis guilty of unlawful enrichment.
A. Velutis, who was convicted of an unfavorable sentence, appealed to the Lithuanian Supreme Court (LAT).
July 2 of this year. After examining the rokiškėnas appeal in accordance with the oral procedure, the Chamber of the Criminal Cases Division of the SCL adopted a decision to reject it. The order states that “all the facts of the case have been evaluated and discussed, and the conclusions of the appeals court regarding the evaluation of the evidence and the facts of the case are detailed and logical.”
The SCL also ruled that the appeals court, after finding A. Velutis guilty of criminal enrichment, had reasonably applied a criminal sanction measure to the Rokiškis: confiscation of money found in their home.
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