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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has decided to dismiss its proceedings against Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Ms Maria Spyraki, in a case of suspected fraud in relation to the management of the parliamentary allowance, and in particular concerning the remuneration of Accredited Parliamentary Assistants.

A former notary was convicted on Friday (2 February 2024) by the Berlin Regional Court, for forgery and false notarisations, following an investigation into an €80 million VAT fraud involving luxury cars and medical face masks led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany).

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) filed an indictment in the Regional Court of Vilnius (Lithuania) against a former director of the National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute of Lithuania, accused of illegally acquiring €296 871 through the receipt of bribes, illegal enrichment and money laundering.

Yesterday, following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia), the Olomouc branch of the Regional Court of Ostrava convicted three individuals and three companies of EU funding fraud.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) has requested the arrest of a former partner of the BaltCap Infrastructure Fund, Mr Sarunas Stepukonis, who is suspected of having misappropriated €27 million from the fund.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania), seven house searches were carried out yesterday, in a probe into a €2 million fraud involving IT projects. Two people were detained, including the main suspect, and another four were placed under judicial control.

Three people have pleaded guilty to subsidy and procurement fraud, in an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia) into the suspected manipulation of a public contract at the National History Museum in Olomouc. One of the defendants also pleaded guilty to charges of passive corruption and money laundering.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) brought charges today against six individuals and six companies for aggravated fraud and money laundering, in an investigation into a suspected criminal organisation that obtained €4 million in EU funds for medical and IT research.

Two individuals and one association were convicted yesterday by the Regional Court in Brno (Czechia), for subsidy fraud involving the construction of social housing for the elderly, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín.