The Alytus District Prosecutor’s Office submitted a cassation complaint to the Supreme Court of Lithuania regarding the decision of the Kaunas District to acquit Mindaugas Matažinskas, the chief architect of Alytus, who was accused of abuse of office and falsification of documents.
As the prosecutor’s office announced on Thursday, when examining the circumstances of possible falsification, use and abuse of documents by the acquitted M. Matažinskas, the court did not follow the principle of a detailed investigation of the circumstances of the case and made contradictory conclusions, violating the requirements of the Criminal Code.
“When assessing the qualification of M. Matažinska’s actions, the court applied the criminal law incorrectly. In addition, after the acquittal verdict was passed, the prosecutor’s appeal was rejected without a statement on it, therefore the verdict of the appellate court should be annulled and the case should be re-examined by appeal,” the prosecutor’s cassation complaint added.
As it was already announced, in the months of January-August 2020, M. Matažinskas, as a civil servant, possibly falsified prepared documents of a closed joint-stock company and possibly illegally issued certificates about the possibility of using newly formed real estate cadastre objects (buildings) according to their intended purpose.
The Druskininkai Chamber of the Alytus District Court, which examined the case, in 2023 on February 3, M. Matažinskas was found guilty of abuse of office and was fined 10,000. euro fine.
However, in 2023, the panel of the Criminal Cases Division of the Kaunas District Court on December 11, the architect was acquitted of the acts he was accused of.
Karolina Konopackienė (ELTA)
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– 2024-03-29 12:31:47
