The court intends to open the case of former Alytus district mayor A. Vrubliauskas due to misuse of council member’s funds

Criminalsin 2024 May 9 07:08

Alytus district mayor Algirdas Vrubliauskas. Photo by Marius Morkevičius (ELTA).

Gytis PankūnasSource: ELTA

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On Thursday, the Kaunas District Court intends to open the criminal case of the former Alytus District Mayor Algirdas Vrubliauskas, in which he is accused of misusing the funds allocated for the activities of a member of the municipal council.

As previously reported by the prosecutor’s office, the politician was charged with fraud, abuse, forgery of a document and possession of a forged document,

According to law enforcement, A. Vrubliauskas is accused of possibly submitting forged documents in 2019-2022 in order to absorb funds intended for the activities of a member of the municipal council.

The prosecutor’s office indicates that in the period from June 2019 to December 2022, in order to receive compensation for the expenses allegedly incurred by him as a member of the Alytus District Municipal Council, the politician allegedly submitted forged financial documents to the municipal administration and fraudulently obtained almost 20 thousand. euros.

It is indicated that A. Vrubliauskas, in pursuit of personal financial gain, is accused of systematically falsifying real documents regarding allegedly incurred fuel expenses, although they were related to the expenses of his individual activities.

ELTA reminds that last spring, after publicist Andriis Tapinas initiated an investigation into the absorption of municipal politicians’ funds by “Skaidrina” and as a result a scandal arose regarding the possible misuse of office funds by politicians, a number of municipalities came under the scrutiny of law enforcement.

Under the guidance of district prosecutors, the Special Investigation Service is currently conducting pre-trial investigations into the payments of 24 municipal council members: the cities of Vilnius, Šiauliai, Panevėžys and Alytus, Utena, Ukmergė, Kretinga, Ignalina, Mažeikių, Šilutė, Jonava, Lazdijai, Pasvali, Prienė, Telšiai, Radviliškis, Joniškis, Tauragė, Zarasai districts and Birštonas, Marijampole, Neringa, Pagėgii, Druskininkai municipalities.

These investigations are carried out in order to clarify and assess whether there has been any misuse of councilors’ allowances to cover expenses related to their activities as councillors.

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