Former State Official Sentenced To Years For Sukoro Graft In Hungary
- 1 Oct 2015 9:02 AM
A court sentenced Miklós Tátrai, former head of the state asset management company (MNV), to four years in prison for causing damages to the state in connection with a planned casino investment near the village of Sukoró, next to Lake Velence, in central Hungary. The secondary defendant, Zsolt Császy, a former MNV sales executive, was charged as an accomplice in document fraud and given a sentence of 42 months in prison.
Andrea Markó, former state secretary at the finance ministry, and Zsolt F, an appraiser, were both acquitted of charges of document fraud. Bálint V, a lawyer, was given a fine of 600,000 forints (EUR 1,900) for having forged public documents.
The case goes back to the summer of 2008 when the Socialist-led government, represented by MNV, signed a controversial land-swap contract with Israeli-Hungarian businessman Joav Blum.
Former Prime Minister Ference Gyurcsány was also investigated for suspected abuse of office in the deal, a charge that was later dropped.
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