The prosecutor proposes to allocate 160 thousand to the former manager of the Fertility Clinic A. Usoni and his employees. euro fines

As announced by the prosecutor’s office, the prosecutor applied to the court with a statement regarding the termination of the process by the court’s criminal order.

“The prosecutor’s office requests that the former manager of a company providing private medical services, the former financial director of this institution and a legal entity be found guilty of fraudulent management and organization of financial accounting and the submission of incorrect data on income, profit and assets, and that these individuals be fined a total of 160 thousand euros”, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

The representative of the Klaipėda District Prosecutor’s Office, Viktorija Jonuitė Eltai, said that she cannot reveal the names of the persons to whom fines are proposed. However, when asked if the former head of the Fertility Clinic Algirdas Usonis is among the defendants, he answered in the affirmative.

“Yes, the name you mentioned is among the defendants,” V. Jonuitė said.

A. Usonio’s spouse Audronė Brazauskaitė Usonienė is not among the defendants, she was previously granted the status of a special witness, which was later revoked.

As announced by the prosecutor’s office, after collecting enough data in the criminal case to justify the charges against the mentioned persons, taking into account the fact that they admitted to committing the crimes they were accused of and fully compensated for the damage caused, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation applied to the court with a statement to end the process with a criminal order. It is requested to pay 35 thousand each to the two former managers of the company for criminal acts. fines of EUR 90,000 for a legal entity. euro fine.

Nine employees who assisted in the fraudulent management of the company’s accounts have been released from criminal liability on bail. All these persons were obliged to pay contributions of 2,000-2,750 euros to the fund for victims of crimes.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the totality of the data collected during the investigation allows us to suspect that, in order to avoid taxes and acting according to a pre-conceived criminal plan, the persons who held management positions in the company instructed the employees responsible for accepting money not to include part of the income received from patients in the company’s accounting. It is estimated that 9 employees working in the company’s branches in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda may not have registered more than 711 thousand in the accounting in the period from January 2019 to February 2021. euros received for services provided to patients.

During the investigation, data was obtained that unofficial wages were paid in cash to the company’s employees from the aforementioned unaccounted money for more than two years. According to the research, more than half a million euros in wages could have been paid to employees in this way.

According to the data collected by law enforcement officials, untrue data about the above-mentioned company’s 2019, 2020 and 2021 income, profit and assets were recorded in declarations and submitted to state-authorized institutions. As a result, it is believed that the payment of almost 360 thousand was avoided. EUR mandatory fees.

The prosecutor’s office points out that the defendants admitted to acting in a non-transparent manner and during the pre-trial investigation they repaid the lawsuits filed by the State Tax Inspectorate and the State Social Insurance Fund, and paid the state the entire amount specified in the charges.