The prosecutor’s office requests that the LAT be reassigned to examine the case of Anykščiai district mayor Tubi
In February of this year, the Court of Appeal found K. Tubis guilty of one episode of influence peddling, and acquitted him of two more. Prosecutors LAT also request to change the judgment of the court of second instance regarding the application of criminal sanctions against K. Tubi.
On February 2 of this year Panevėžys District Courtwho examined the appeal of Dalia Markauskienė, the prosecutor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Department (ONKTS) of the Panevėžys District Prosecutor’s Office, partially satisfied it and found the mayor of Anykščiai District Municipality, K. Tubis, guilty of influence peddling.
In February 2022, the Molėtai Chamber of the Utena District Court acquitted K. Tubis, accused of three episodes of influence peddling. Prosecutor D. Markauskienė appealed the court’s acquittal in the appeal procedure, the report notes.
The higher instance court found that at the end of 2018-January 2019, the then mayor of Anykščiai district municipality and member of the municipal council, K. Tubis, used his official position to benefit himself and the public election committee he led.
The Panevėžys District Court found K. Tubis guilty of demanding financial support from the aforementioned public election committee, which is preparing for the 2019 elections of municipal mayors and councils.
It was established that at the end of 2018, K. Tubis promised a businessman from Anykščiai to influence the municipal employees so that they would urgently allow the company he represented to rent a plot of land and obtain permits to carry out construction of the height desired by the businessman. For this, the company’s representative found a person on whose behalf 1 thousand was transferred to the account of the election committee headed by K. Tubis as a donation. euros.
In February of this year, the Panevėžys District Court found K. Tubis guilty of the aforementioned episode of influence peddling. 9 thousand is allocated to him. A fine of 900 euros and a measure of punitive measures – 1 thousand. confiscation of euros as a result of his criminal act. He was also deprived of the right to work in the civil service for 4 years. Due to two more episodes of influence peddling, K. Tubiis was acquitted, the report says.
Disagreeing with the acquittal of K. Tubis, the chief prosecutor of the ONKTS of the Panevėžys District Prosecutor’s Office Ramūnas Pachebutas wrote a cassation complaint in LAT. The reasons why the LAT should return this case to the appellate court for re-examination are presented in the complaint. In addition, the ONKTS chief prosecutor requests to change the judgment of the court of second instance, indicating that K. Tubiis should be given two criminal sanctions: deprivation of the right to work in a certain job or engage in certain activities (by depriving K. Tubiis of the right to work in the public service, to be a member of the municipal council and municipal mayor for 4 years) and deprivation of public rights (deprivation of the right to be elected or appointed to positions elected or appointed by state or municipal institutions and institutions, companies or non-governmental organizations for 4 years).
The pre-trial investigation in this case was conducted by the officers of the Panevėžys Board of the Special Investigation Service (STT), and the investigation was led by D. Markauskienė, the ONKTS prosecutor of the Panevėžys district prosecutor’s office, who led the investigation and supported the state prosecution in the courts of both instances.