Prosecutors seek repayment of funds paid to municipal council members
Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Prosecutors have asked courts to order eight municipal council members to return more than 50,000 euros to municipal budgets.
- Investigators found that some compensation payments were not connected to the council members’ official duties.
- The claims remain before the courts.
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office has gone to court over compensation allegedly paid without sufficient justification to members of municipal councils.
The prosecutors are seeking the return of more than 50,000 euros to municipal budgets. Their applications concern eight council members.
Investigators found that part of the compensation was not related to the members’ council duties. The prosecution therefore wants the money returned to the municipalities.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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