More details about the 312,000 defrauded from Kaunas Energija. euros: the accountant fell into the trap

Kaunas district prosecutors found out that more than 312 thousand 15min portal announced on Monday that EUR

“The accountant’s logins were the same when connecting to personal and “Kaunos energija” accounts. When she was going to allegedly recover the money earned in crypto-currencies, she set up logins, which, as mentioned, allowed her to log in not only to her, but also to the company’s accounts,” the prosecutors explained to “15min”.

According to the prosecutors, they received a statement from “Kaunos enerjija” that an employee of the company was persuaded to invest by persons pretending to be financial consultants. No funds were embezzled from the accountant’s personal account.

“Before this event, in some banks, one employee’s approval was enough. After the incident, the two-signature rule was introduced in all banks. According to the available data, the funds were not transferred from the accounts of the accountant,” the prosecutors added.

Before this event, in some banks, one employee’s approval was enough.

According to the pre-trial investigation, four transfers to accounts in Lithuania were intercepted on the same day. In total, almost 133 thousand was returned to “Kaunos energija”. amount of euros. The other two transfers were made to bank accounts opened in the Netherlands and Poland. A larger amount of money from the latter account was split up and transferred to several accounts in Poland and Germany.

The pre-trial investigation was started in November 2023 by the officers of the Kaunas County Chief Police Commissariat after receiving a statement from “Kaunos enerjija” that the company’s employee was persuaded to invest by persons pretending to be financial consultants.

Six financial transactions were made from the company’s bank account to the bank accounts of individual Lithuanian and foreign citizens. More than 312,000 was defrauded from the account of Kaunas Energija. amount of euros.

“Kauno energija” is the second largest regional heat production and supply company in Lithuania, 92.84 percent. its shares are owned by the municipality of Kaunas.

The company did not announce this event publicly, the representative of the company Šarūnas Bulota previously told the news portal “15min” that the event had no significant impact on the company’s activities.