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As I said this week 15 minutesThe Vilnius City District Court has opened a criminal case in which Juozas Tumėnas, a sports and commercial figure with a controversial reputation, is accused of large-scale fraud.
Basketball father V. Kuzminskas is one of ten victims who, during the pre-trial investigation, decided to submit a request to the police and contributed to the fact that no matter would be pursued. However, now the thoughts of a solid-aged Šiauliai resident are not about money or seeking justice.
Taking the opportunity to address the judge who is hearing the case, V. Kuzminskas rose from his seat at the beginning of the hearing and said: “I would like to continue without participating in any deliberation due to my state of health and I have no claims against the accused”. Health is more expensive for me, I would like to be out of court. “
He added that he believed that because of all this history he had survived, suffered stress and damaged his nerves, perhaps even more, even the accused himself.
Judge Ieva Narbutaitė explained to the victim that it really is her right and not her duty to attend the hearings. Victim status, on the other hand, requires a man to give detailed and honest testimony in court at least once, after swearing that no one will be lied to or silenced. Another important point: By abandoning your claim in a criminal case, a person loses the right to go to court for damages and more. For his part, V. Kuzminskas, without hesitation, simply reiterated his position: while protecting his health, he does not want to go to meetings.
The judge asked the victim at least at this hearing, who has already come to testify. Šiauliai agreed.
“But I had major surgeries, I don’t remember everything after the anesthesia.” If I don’t say something, it’s not because I don’t want to say it, I can’t remember it, “the victim warned before the testimony.
He is from Šiauliai, and I am from Šiauliai. He is in sports, and I am in sports.
You received the first standard questions from the court: do you know the defendant, what are the relationships?
“He is from Šiauliai, and I am from Šiauliai. He is in sports, and I am in sports, my two sons playing basketball. I had a team, I invited my little son to play.
At the end of his career, his eldest son played for Molėtai on the Ežerūnas team, Tumėnas was its leader, “explained Mindaugas’ father, who tasted NBA bread, and Saulius Kuzminskas, who had a glorious career in Europe ( including Lithuania).
VIDEO: Consideration of the criminal case of Juozas Tumėnas in court
The judge asked to reveal the circumstances of the case: what financial matters he had with the accused J.Tumėnas and how he became a victim.
“It just came to our attention then. And I just lent it to him, hoping to make a profit,” admitted the witness.
V. Kuzminskas said in more detail.
Everyone is tempted by easy money. It was a public secret that it was possible to earn money by entrusting funds to Tumėnas.
“We sold an apartment and built a house. We had free money. It was a public secret that it was possible to earn easy money by entrusting funds to Tumėnas. At first I lent 50 thousand. LTL returned 35 thousand, and those 15 remained. Soon it began to be said that I had no money, and I understand that I will not get the rest of the money back, “said V. Kuzminskas.
The defendant confirmed that he felt indebted to the father of the basketball players, calculated in the new European currency, about 4,344 euros.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Juozas Tumėnas
The court was interested in what J. Tumėnas himself was saying to the people: how did he so miraculously multiply money?
According to the victim, the accused said that “the business of plaster sculptures and figures is very good for him. He also mentioned some of his shops in the old town. “
“Did the defendant himself tell you that you receive income from the sale of sports talent?” Asked the judge.
“Oh no, we don’t talk about it,” V. Kuzminskas flatly denied.
This question arose in court, because it is with this statement that the defendant supports his defensive position: at that time he managed about 15 sports clubs, he had at his disposal about 300 or even 400 athletes. On the one hand, everyone had to pay wages. However, sometimes they managed to reveal the talent of young people, which is why the wealthiest athletes wanted to buy educated athletes, so they paid for this opportunity.
Instantly understand
- The accused J.Tumėnas (born 1981) is the son of Stasys Tumėnas, a member of Seimas and a former deputy mayor (2014-2015) of Šiauliai.
- According to the data in the criminal case, the defendant has “milked” around € 1.5 million from Šarūnas Marčiulionis alone.
- In addition to the legendary basketball player, the cheats list includes at least 9 other known and unknown people in society. According to the prosecution, the total amount “milked” out of every ten victims exceeds 2 million euros.
- Behind the scenes of the case, the actual amount allegedly attracted to the defendant is said to be 7-8 million, but not all victims decided to turn to the police.
Although this version is not relevant to V. Kuzminskas, the Šiauliai resident also had a reason why he believed and trusted J. Tumėnas.
“It gave me a very solid image of a person and an entrepreneur. They gave a bill of exchange, and I thought the bill of exchange was a guarantee, one hundred percent, ”stated V. Kuzminskas in court.
According to the victim, there was always the impression that people wanted to lend money for themselves. “I got the impression that J.Tumėnas was providing services to people,” stressed the man, for whom 50,000. 70,000 LTL of the investment had to be repaid, that is, even 40 percent. more in just a few months.
The Vilnius City District Court, which questioned several victims at the first hearing, plans to continue J.Tumėnas’ trial in August and September.
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