Cattler 2? Million subsidies connect the same persons
The state supported a suspicious project close to agroagenture, the Stop the Corruption Foundation revealed.
The author works at the Stop Foundation Corruption
The Stop Corruption Foundation recently pointed out to disputed 150 thousand subsidies for the pension close to the official of the agroagenture.
The State Agricultural Paying Agency (PPA) provided the daughter’s daughter’s subsidy for a pension, which is actually a family house. In the next search, it turned out that all the persons who helped with the « guesthouse » also received a state subsidy. And even on the same day as the pension itself.
It is Elizabeth Pappova on which the pension was built, and the Roland of the Kosts, who was supposed to build it. Both are also connected by a cattle case. The case was described by the judge as « mega -corruption » and portrays dozens of manipulated cases when he apparently approved state agrodotation for PPA bribes.
Pappová in the case She first confirmed the bribes, but changed the notice of notice before concluding the guilt agreement. The witness in her case was supposed to be Kos.
And Pappa and Kosa won hundreds of thousands from PPA on March 17, 2016, when the agroagenture also knocked money to the guesthouse close to its official. In addition, Pappa and Kosa received more than EUR 10 million for their other companies in the coming years.
The information of the foundation from publicly available sources, but also from several people around the PPA shows that several of these subsidies have occurred serious doubts about the merits of support.
The Foundation, together with the news portal 360ka.sk, looked at the details.
Thanks to the former PPA employee Zuzana Šubová, several serious information was obtained.
Who is Elizabeth Papp
The Foundation recently described serious reservations about the PPA itself at the pension close to her long -time official Daniele Onderišinová.
Subsidation for a family house for a colleague? After a cattler, PPA faces another scandal Read
The pension stood on a foreign land in the first years. The owner was Elizabeth Papp. However, this is not the only link. Pension belongs to Verkad, which is Oderišin’s daughter. But Verkad did not reside in their guesthouse, but officially introduces its headquarters elsewhere. And in a building that belongs Papp’s company.
However, Pappová and Pension close to PPA officials are also intersected for the third time. And right in PPA. Pappa Food Union received a subsidy of more than a million euros on the same day 17 March 2016 as a guesthouse. And for a similar purpose – support for the accommodation. Specifically, for the construction of a multifunctional building in Dunajská Streda. In addition to accommodation, he was also to offer a restaurant.
As with the pension, the control authorities later revealed serious irregularities in this project.
The building was also seen 360ka.sk. Despite the fact that they came during the opening hours, they did not get in and the interior was desolate.
« Accommodation » Papp’s company. (Source: 360tka, Stop Corruption Foundation)However, Papp Food Union was successful in PPA again four days after the first support. On March 21, 2016 he received another non -repayable financial contribution. This time 900,000 euros for construction and the purchase of the purchase Technology for the bakery, again in Dunajská Streda.
And in November 2019, for an illustration of three months before Parliamentary elections 2020, the company receives another PPA almost three million euros. Already in consortium with three other companies. The aim of the support was to aid in the marketing of agricultural products or assistance to the supply chain of companies. Biofarm DS was also linked to the Kosts. More to the company is given below in the text.
Knocked -off support of over 9 million
Overall, Elizabeth Papp has been in six companies. Of these, five have gained agrodotation. Together, since March 2016, these are more than nine million projects. Not all companies also drew. However, this fact is not automatically mentioned in the central register.
The Foundation also addressed Pappová herself with questions. In addition to her relationship with PPA Onderišinová official, she also asked about linking her daughter’s pension and the secret of her success in gaining agrodotations. She did not respond to the questions sent via SMS.
Onderišinová, the Foundation has also asked similar questions in PPA. At that time, the official responded that « she has no concrete relationship with Mr. Elizabeth Pappová from Dunajská Streda and is not in contact with her ».
Promised to build a guest house and obtained a subsidy from PPA
Another person linked to the pension is Roland Kosa. His company was supposed to build it. It results from published documents to public procurement.
And the holes shortly after that he gets an investment through the company. Again 17. March 2016 and again to construction of accommodation for the development of tourism.
In reality, however, his « accommodation » reminds more of a regular family house than a tourism facility.
« Accommodation facility » Kostovova company (Source: 360tka, Stop Corruption Foundation)Doubts about « tourist use » also gives the reaction of the resident of the house after visiting 360tky.sk. She stated that she has been in the house for five years.
The project also commented on the project itself. In the opinion for 360tka.sk, doubts about the purpose of the subsidy refused, explaining that the « mentioned rebuilding and drawing of the subsidy » has already been checked twice by the authorized body.
The company also recommended being restrained in comments on this topic, « because it can harm us a good name ».
Looking at the results of a company that did not exceed 64,000 euros even in the best years and for the last published year 2023 were below 16,000 euros, it is obvious that tourism this « accommodation facility » in the village of Vrakúň behind Dunajská Streda did not very much.
However, a subsidy for this project is not the only success of the KOs for PPA. Kosto’s family member with the same address of residence owns Biofarm DS. The company is based on the same address as not investing. Biofarm DS has received several support from PPA. One even in a consortium with the Papp’s company. The subsidy is described above in the text.
The guest house around which everything started
The network of companies around Pappová and Kosts, which have been awarded a subsidy for more than EUR 10 million in recent years, began to break down after revealing the inconsistencies around the pension, close to PPA Onderišinová.
In mid -March, she described how the auditors only pointed out serious errors in the project last year. Especially for contradiction for the purpose of use and non -compliance with the contractual terms.
The latest foundation found that already in the lease agreement to the land under the pension it was stated that: « The lessee undertakes to rent the land for at least 15 years from: i) signing the NFP Agreement, ii) submitting the application for NFP and at the same time from the payment of the entire contribution of the NFP ».
Verkad belonging to Onderišin’s daughter only filed an application for a subsidy in September 2015.
At that time, Daniela Onderišinová at the PPA worked in the section where project support was solved. Thus, subsidies as support of accommodation facilities. Since July 2021 part of the section manages. Whether and in what position it works in PPA at present, the agency did not specify either for the foundation or for 360tku.sk
“I can’t participate” came only after approval
The agroagenture also checked the possible conflict of Oderišinová. That is, whether she could not influence the request for a subsidy for her family project. This check took place at a time when the PPA was led by Jozef Kiss. He is currently led by financial administration. According to the control, the conflict was not confirmed.
This is contrary to the information that the Foundation has. According to them, the official has officially informed the PPA that he cannot participate in the authorization of applications or other acts due to the « avoidance of conflict of interest ». However, it did so a month after the contract between the agroagenture and Verkado was already approved. So several months after the company even applied for a subsidy.
