Police have proposed to indict over 30 people for allegedly unfavorable sale of apartments in Prague 1. Czech Television (CT) reported Tuesday. According to earlier information from the Seznam Zprávy server, officials and former and current politicians, including former mayor Oldřich Lomecký (then TOP 09), are facing prosecution. According to investigators, the city district caused damage to CZK 32.3 million. Lomecký has already denied guilt in the past.
“In the second half of November, a motion was filed by the police authority to file an indictment,” Jan Lelek, the supervising public prosecutor, told ČT. 36 people were originally charged in the case. According to the plaintiff, two died, four accused concluded a guilt and punishment agreement. According to Lelka, this has yet to be heard by a court.
The investigation concerns the vote on the privatization of flats in the period from 2010 to 2018, when Lomecký was the mayor of Prague 1. The case has now been dealt with by the police for the second time. damage. In the original arrested prosecution, the police claimed that 23 flats with a total damage of over 41 million crowns were sold below the price, and subsequently calculated the damage by about nine million crowns lower.
The server wrote that among the accused are, in addition to Lomecký, his deputy Daniel Hodek (ČSSD) and other deputies Filip Dvořák, Jaroslava Janderová or Jan Bürgermeister (all ODS). The accusation also concerned Jan Votoček (TOP 09) and Richard Bureš (ODS), and deputy Filip Kračman (TOP 09) is also being prosecuted.
The accused face one to five years in prison for negligent breach of duty in the administration of third-party property and obstruction of the official’s task.
Source: Czech Television and CTK