More and more compromising expenses are becoming public: the mayor of Marijampolė paid for fuel with 13 different cards

The investigation indicates that Mayor P. Isoda submitted checks in his reports that paid for both gasoline and diesel. Also, the politician poured fuel several times a day, at intervals of several minutes. In total in 2021 in January-September, the mayor paid for fuel with 13 different bank cards.

In total, during the term of office, the mayor of Marijampolė compensated 11,554 euros for fuel, although at the same time he also used an official car.

“For such an amount, the mayor, driving in an official car, could travel approximately 92,000 kilometers in his personal car,” the publication says.

Another Social Democrat, Vice Mayor A. Visockis, paid for fuel with 10 different bank cards during the mentioned period. Like the mayor, the politician presented checks that paid for fuel at intervals of a few minutes.

However, A. Visocki’s reports show that one of the payments was made through the Neste Truck+ ring. This is a simplified payment program for truck drivers.

in 2021 In the months of January-August, former mayor Irena Lunskienė also paid for fuel with 8 different bank cards. Romualdas Makauskas, another social democrat, paid 11 cards.

At that time, the social democrat, former vice mayor and director of administration Sigitas Valančius submitted checks with 18 different card numbers during the same period. One of them is a company card. The politician also compensated for communication equipment – a laptop and a mobile phone. His colleague Algirdas Brazys also bought a laptop with the funds allocated for the activities of the council member.

Vaida Pituškienė, a member of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), advisor to Seimas member Andrias Vyšniauskas, refers to the leasing contract in her reports, according to which she was compensated for an expensive Apple Macbook Pro computer. This resulted in more than 3.5 thousand for the people of Marijampoli. euros.

However, a member of the council in 2021 the bills also indicate a monthly payment for another gaming laptop.

In the checks for fuel expenses, the conservator also states that she paid with 7 different bank cards.

Another Marijampolė conservative, chairman of the TS-LKD department, Kęstutis Traškevičius, also repaid the credit he used to buy a laptop. His colleague, Jonas Bieliauskas, throughout 2021. compensated for renting a computer – the politician rented the equipment from a person living in Vilnius and allocated 250 euros for it every month.

The former social democrat Vilius Krivickas allocated most of the compensations for the activities of the council member to the communication accounts. 2020-2022 this amount was almost 6 thousand. euros. However, in the reports, the politician based the expenses on Perlas terminal payment receipts, which do not show what exactly is being paid for.

However, some reports show that V. Krivickas compensated with an iPhone 12 phone, a smart watch, and a laptop. in 2022 the politician’s expenses for communication did not decrease – they amounted to about 2.2 thousand. euros.

A number of municipalities came under the scrutiny of law enforcement after a scandal broke out in the spring regarding the possible abuse of office funds by politicians. Special Investigation Service (STT) has already started pre-trial investigations regarding the municipalities of Vilnius City, Kaunas City, Šiauliai City, Kaunas District, Neringa, Mažeikiai, Šilutė, Pagėgiai, Ignalina, Jonava, Lazdijai, Alytus District, Ukmergė.