In June this year, officials of the Economic Crime Control Department of the Main Criminal Police Department of the State Police completed an investigation into a case concerning the preparation of an organized group for the transfer of a bribe and the misappropriation of a bribe. Three people were detained on suspicion of committing a criminal offense.
Officials of the Economic Crime Control Department of the Main Criminal Police Department of the State Police, during the investigation, found that an employee of a company registered in the Republic of Latvia received an illegal order from a beneficial owner to bribe a commission employee to issue a license the necessary requirements for obtaining a license for the operation of a payment institution.
In order to realize the criminal intent, the company employee agreed with another former head of the state institution to use his personal acquaintance to attract a sworn attorney, whose task will be to find a person from the commission, who would bribe the company for a payment institution.
However, the members of the organized group failed to fully implement their intention, as no commission official agreed to accept the bribe and refused to grant the company a license to operate as a payment institution. Upon receiving the refusal, the members of the organized group agreed to embezzle a bribe of 135,000 euros.
After obtaining a sufficient body of evidence and taking all the necessary criminal investigation activities, in June this year a decision was made to transfer criminal proceedings against three persons born in 1960, 1973 and 1985 to the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime and Other Sectors for prosecution.
Prepared:
Elīna Priedīte
State Police
Public relations department
Senior specialist
Tel. 67075093, 29600629
elina.priedite@vp.gov.lv