:watermark(https://f.pmo.ee//logos/4132/d583334e07b643b158b745b655f05032.png,-2p,-2p,0,18,none)/nginx/o/2023/11/03/15695387t1h4736.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "State Audit Office Raises Concerns Over Illegal Use of Funds and Additional Benefits for State Officials")
In addition to the illegally used funds in the organization of the special trips of the former Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņas, the auditors of the State Audit Office have paid attention to one more aspect – the additional benefits that will accrue to state officials. One of them is allowances for the business trip per … Read more
/nginx/o/2024/04/11/15996705t1h5c53.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "the service check on the legality of use is expected to be completed by the end of April")
The inspection of the service will be carried out by a commission headed by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Mihail Papsujevičs. Director of the Internal Audit Department of the Ministry of Finance Arina Andreičika, Head of Administration of the Ministry of Economy Dace Gaile, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Welfare … Read more
:watermark(https://f.pmo.ee//logos/4133/bb989514d16b88b940b51f02e07642d0.png,-2p,-2p,0,18,none)/nginx/o/2024/04/10/15993245t1h7da8.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "reveals the illegal use of at least 220,000 euros")
According to VK, the information obtained during the audit shows that the then Prime Minister Kariņš, as well as the Prime Minister’s Office and the State Chancellery under his direct authority, were actually involved in the decision-making and implementation of the use of special flights on foreign missions. At that time, the Prime Minister’s office … Read more
:watermark(https://f.pmo.ee//logos/4133/bb989514d16b88b940b51f02e07642d0.png,-2p,-2p,0,18,none)/nginx/o/2024/04/10/15993497t1h480d.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "The State Chancellery comments on the results of the audit of Kariņas’ special flights by the State Audit Office")
TVNET already reported that illegal and uneconomical behavior in organizing the special flights of former Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (JV) caused a total of around 545,000 euros of unjustified expenses for the budgets of Latvia and the Council of the European Union (EU), the State Audit Office (VK) found in the audit. The State Audit … Read more
:watermark(https://f.pmo.ee//logos/4133/bb989514d16b88b940b51f02e07642d0.png,-2p,-2p,0,18,none)/nginx/o/2024/04/10/15993694t1h5fc9.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "The actions of Kariņa, the Prime Minister’s Office and the State Chancellery will be evaluated in the criminal proceedings")
“Other times we hear about political responsibility, but this does not exempt from any kind of other responsibility if a person committed a crime by his actions,” the Prosecutor General emphasized. Currently, relevant actions are being taken in the criminal proceedings, and the prosecutor’s office is entitled to receive absolutely all the information obtained as … Read more
/nginx/o/2021/08/14/13990971t1h6e54.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "The State Audit Office has agreed with the former employee on the termination of legal proceedings")
Currently, the case was accepted for consideration at the cassation instance – the Department of Administrative Affairs of the Supreme Court, the LETA agency was informed by VK. The legal proceedings initiated by Krapānes against VK, in which the applicant is represented by sworn lawyer Viktorija Jarkina-Toča, have been going on for the third year … Read more