About 15min informed Darius Karčinskas, the European delegated prosecutor overseeing the case.
“I complied with the prosecutor’s request,” he said.
According to him, the court agreed to extend the remand measure – arrest – for another month.
Giedrius Janonis, the press representative of Vilnius city district court 15min stated that the court session was held remotely.
The term of arrest, according to the representative, is calculated from February 24 to March 24.
Žygimantas Gedvilas/BNS photo/Vilnius City District Court
This decision can be appealed to the Vilnius District Court within 20 days.
So far, Š. Stepukonis has been arrested for 14 days, the term of his arrest would have ended on Saturday.
Š. Stepukonis is suspected of embezzling at least 27 million. euros from fund companies. BaltCap representatives say that regarding 40 million might have disappeared from the fund’s companies. euros.
Two pre-trial investigations were conducted once morest Š. Stepukonis, but on Friday, the European Prosecutor’s Office informed BNS that they were combined.
In one of the investigations, Š. Stepukonis was recognized as a suspect for the illegal transfer of more than 27 million. embezzlement of euros. Another pre-trial investigation, terminated in 2022 and resumed in February, is related to 3.9 million EUR transfer to Š. Stepukoni from a Polish company for allegedly selling shares.
The prosecutor’s office claims that most of the embezzled amount is more than 20 million. EUR – Š. Stepukonis lost in the casino. He might have directed another part of the money to the Hungarian stock trading platform “Interactive Brokers Central Europe”.
Prosecutor D. Karčinskas said this week that Š. Stepukonis “does not completely deny” his guilt during his testimony, but presents his version of events, which will be checked.
The news portal “Delfi” reported on Friday that following the state-appointed lawyer Laureta Ulbiena, who previously represented Š. Stepukonis, went on vacation, his defender changed – now it is Šarūnas Vadeikis, a lawyer from the Vilnius secondary legal aid law firm.
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2024-05-04 02:04:29
