M. Sinkevičius will seem earlier than the courtroom for abuse, doc forgery and property embezzlement. He’s accused of getting dedicated these crimes whereas serving as a member of the Jonava district municipal council.
As introduced by the prosecutor’s workplace, on the idea of the information collected by the officers of the Particular Investigation Service (STT) through the pre-trial investigation, M. Sinkevičius has been charged with doable property harm of 1,487 euros to the municipality administration of the Jonava district within the years 2019-2023.
It’s suspected that through the specified interval, as a member of the municipality of Jonava district, M. Sinkevičius purchased property for private use in installments with municipal funds allotted for the efficiency of his duties and paid for cell communication providers utilized by his partner.
In the course of the investigation, information was additionally obtained that probably falsified monetary paperwork justifying the bills of the council member have been supplied to the municipality administration of the Jonava district.
Suspicions in opposition to M. Sinkevičius have been filed by regulation enforcement on November 30 final 12 months.
The politician, as a member of the municipal council of the Jonava district on the time, had the precise to obtain funds for bills incurred whereas performing the features of a council member, stationery, mail, phone, web connection, transport providers, workplace area lease.
After receiving suspicions, the politician suspended his membership within the Lithuanian Social Democratic Celebration. After the allegations have been made, the board of LSA suspended his authority because the president of the affiliation final 12 months.
On account of doable abuse in municipal councils within the fee of funds to politicians for transport, communications, and stationery, 27 pre-trial investigations have been initiated in regulation enforcement, of which two have been terminated and one has been referred to courtroom.
In line with regulation enforcement, M. Sinkevičius was the third individual to obtain such suspicions through the investigation into using self-government funds.
As introduced by the prosecutor’s workplace, whereas making use of measures to guard the general public curiosity in investigations into unlawful funds to members of municipal councils, the prosecutors of the Kaunas district prosecutor’s workplace additionally appealed to the municipalities of Kaunas metropolis, Kaunas and Alytus districts and Druskininkai with calls for to remove the violations recognized through the investigation.
The requirement obliges the municipalities to tell the prosecutor’s workplace inside 20 working days from the date of receipt of the requirement, what measures will likely be taken to resolve the return of unreasonably paid advantages to the municipal budgets, in addition to to supply the prosecutor’s workplace with details regarding the outcomes of its implementation.
The prosecutor’s workplace can be conducting an investigation initiated by 21 prosecutors concerning the appliance of measures to guard the general public curiosity, which intention to return probably illegally paid funds to the budgets of the respective municipalities.
It’s reminded that prosecutors have already submitted 4 civil lawsuits to the courtroom for regarding 17,000, 29,000. and 19 thousand restoration of EUR sums by the municipality of Tauragė and regarding 14 thousand. – In favor of Radviliškis district municipality.
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2024-05-15 17:46:38
