The Plunge district court reported that a civil lawsuit was received for about 10 thousand. EUR award from Kretinga district municipal council member Vytautas Ročis from Darbia. He is also the head of the Klaipėda territorial department of the State Labor Inspectorate.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the politician became unjustly enriched when in 2019-2023 submitted invoices to the administration of the mentioned municipality for the repair of Ford Focus and Mercedes Benz cars not owned by him. The repair of these machines, according to the prosecutor’s office, cannot be attributed to the costs incurred by the council member, so an award of around 521 euros is requested.
During the investigation, it was also established that V. Ročys provided receipts to the municipal administration, asking to compensate him for fuel costs. Different types of fuel were bought several times a day, two days in a row, at the end of the month in extremely large quantities. During the quarantine alone, with limited movement, the politician stated that he had experienced more than 2,000 injuries due to activities related to the activities of a council member. fuel costs of EUR.
After analyzing the documents, vehicle mileage and other data submitted by V. Ročis, the prosecutor’s office concluded that he was unjustly paid over 9.6 thousand. euros. The prosecutor’s office also recognized 18 euros in telephone payments as unreasonably reimbursed expenses of the politician.
In the Plunge district court, a lawsuit is pending for over 9 thousand. recovery of EUR from the former deputy mayor of the Kretinga district municipality, member of the Kretinga district municipal council, Vitalija Valanciutė, representing the Democratic Union “Vardan Lietuvos”. She also got stuck for fuel.
The municipal administration paid almost 15.6 thousand to politicians. euro compensation. Of this amount, almost 9.3 thousand prosecutors recognized as unreasonably compensated. They found that V. Valanciutė used 30 payment cards, of which 28 payment cards did not belong to her, and different types of fuel were purchased several times a day, two or three days in a row.
The politician had already returned one thousand euros to the municipality.
V. Valanciutė, who served as a member of the Kretinga district municipal council, was appointed vice mayor in 2022. in October He held this position until 2023. April.
The prosecutor’s office states that she unjustifiably enriched herself and violated the principles of honesty, decency, the duty to act selflessly and to refrain from actions that violate the rights and public interests of the population.
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