The Mayor of Alytus District was suspected in the « Chekukai » case

A member of the Democratic Union « Vardan Lietuvos » came to the STT with lawyer Mindaugas Dūda.

« Today there will be no comments, we haven’t even visited it, » Duda said to the journalist of Elta.

The mayor herself did not comment.

« We will talk about when you will have the opportunity. Today we have to consult the situation. When we have the opportunity, we will provide all the answers, » Vitkauskienė told reporters after a stay.

Her lawyer, Mr Dūda, did not answer the questions of journalists after his visit.

Photo by I. Staniulienė/ELTA

Liutauras Vičkačka, Director of Administration of the Democratic Union Vardan Lietuvos Lietuvos, said Elta said he had not received a request for the mayor’s membership.

« Maybe it’s just a matter of time, » Vichkačka said, and suggested that you contact the party chairman Saul Skvernel.

As reported by STT, pre -trial investigations into the alleged abuse of funds of the members of the Municipal Council on the use of funds, the current Mayor of Alytus District R. Vitkauskienė and another related person.

According to the STT, the pre -trial investigation collected sufficient factual data to reasonably suspect that the current mayor of Alytus district R. Vitkauskienė, 2019-2023. As a member of Alytus District Municipality Council, for the pursuit of property benefits, acted in contrast to the interests of the municipality, possibly falsifying documents about the fuel expenses incurred and thus fraudulently acquiring the property belonging to the Alytus District Municipality Administration.

These actions are suspected that the Alytus District Municipality Administration and the State suffered property damage of EUR 18,390.75. The current mayor of Alytus district has been charged with fraud, abuse, document falsification and disposal. Also, R. Vitkauskienė and another related person were awarded allegations of fraudulent financial accounting and / or organization.

« There is sufficient data to claim that the financial documents of one of the companies have been submitted for the alleged fuel expenditure. Later, when that information was made public, the company has taken steps to keep the accounting with financial documents submitted to the municipality. In the accounts, certain documents are being changed so that we could be more difficult to trace how those documents were falsified, ”said Darius Valkavičius, a prosecutor at Kaunas District Prosecutor’s Office, who controls the pre -trial investigation.

Once we have the opportunity, we will give you all the answers.

The company has a relationship with the mayor through kinship, and it is related to the company through relatives.

« Looking at fuel costs, documents about the fuel costs incurred by the company, not the suspect, » said the prosecutor.

« Those persons who had to make the right financial accounting correctly, that is, have changed the registers, and both the manager and the accountant are responsible for the company’s financial accounting. In this case, unlike others, there will be more suspects – allegations will be served on both the manager and accountant, who Prosecutor D. Valkavičius.

The Declaration of Private Interests of the Mayor R. Vitkauskienė states that her spouse Nerijus Vitkauskas is a shareholder of the company’s old forest.

The mayor is not given any remand.

At least 4 council members of 25 of 25 of the council have been in the limelight of law enforcement in Alytus District Municipality.

Former mayor, council member Algirdas Vrubliauskas, is being tried for the possible iPhone of the phones and the iPad Pro tablet of the phone, he has already been convicted, but the verdict has not yet become final in the so -called « checklist » case.

In the case regarding the misappropriation of phones and computer, another member of the Council Gintare Jociunskaitė and Danielius Jakubavičius, a member of the Council in the case, is being judged with A. Vrubliauskas.

Council member Dalia Kitavičienė has been charged with the misappropriation of a service phone and has been transferred to the guarantor’s liability. The prosecutor’s office disputes this sentence and asks for 1 thousand. a fine of EUR.

Currently, the STT is conducting pre -trial investigations into the use of 35 municipalities allegedly inadequate self -government: Vilnius, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Palanga, Klaipėda cities and Alytus, Ukmergė, Kretinga, Ignalina, Mažeikiai, Šilutė, Jonava, Lazdijai, Prienai, Telšiai, Radviliškis, Joniškis, Joniškis, Tauragė. Vilkaviškis, Skuodas, Kelmė, Kupiškis, Trakai, Panevėžys districts and Birštonas, Marijampolė, Neringa, Pagėgiai, Druskininkai, Rietavas, Kalvarija and Visaginas municipalities.

Pre -trial investigations shall be carried out to clarify and assess whether the council members were abused using benefits with their activities as members of the Council. STT pre -trial investigations into the possible abuse of municipal council members in 2019-2023. During the term of office, the prosecutors of the relevant constituencies control.

ELTA recalls that after the publicist Andrius Tapin, the initiation of municipal politicians ‘funds’ investigation into the « transparent » and the scandal over the alleged abuse of politicians with stationery, many municipalities came into the eye of law enforcement.