The investigation into the contamination of Grigeo Klaipėda has been completed

Allegations of violations of environmental protection regulations, falsification and disposal of documents and their abuse have been presented to the company and to 14 natural persons, current and former employees of the company, the prosecution said Tuesday.

At the end of July, Gina Skersinskytė, a prosecutor at the Klaipėda District Prosecutor’s Office, told BNS that the number of suspects had increased to fifteen (in April it was announced that there were nine) eight natural persons and Grigeo Klaipėda.

Gintautas Pangonis, the main shareholder of Grupo Grigeo, and Tomas Eikinas, director of Grigeo Klaipėda, were mentioned as possible suspects.

G. Skersinskytė said in July that the case should go to court in the fall.

After the Prosecutor’s Office announced the end of the pre-trial investigation, the suspects and their defense attorney, the civil plaintiff and their representatives were granted the right to access all the investigation material and to submit requests to supplement the investigation. . investigation.

According to the prosecutor, the file is voluminous, so the suspects will need a long time to get to know each other.

The criminal case now consists of more than 80 volumes of material.

G. Skersinskytė previously said that those responsible for the contamination could face up to six years in prison, and Grigeo Klaipėda could face up to 5 million prisoners. a fine of EUR.

In January this year, the Department of Environmental Protection also sent more than 48 million LTL to the Klaipėda Regional Prosecutor’s Office. a civil claim for compensation for material damage caused to the environment of Grigeo Klaipėda. The claim will be transferred to court and will be dealt with in conjunction with the criminal case.

Grigeo Klaipėda’s contamination was made public in January last year, when prosecutors launched an investigation into the contamination of the Curonian lagoon with untreated sewage.