2024-08-04 00:00:39
For misappropriation of the assets of a public institution, embezzlement and fraudulent accounting, he was threatened with a prison sentence of up to 8 years, but A. Patackis managed to avoid imprisonment.
The defendant fully admitted his guilt, expressed remorse, and the case was settled without examining the evidence. Therefore, the court sentenced A. Patacks to a prison sentence of 2 years and 4 months, reduced by a third, but postponed its execution for 2 years. The defendant’s health saved him from a harsher punishment.
It is true that almost 245,000 was awarded from Šiauliai. EUR 174,000 was confiscated from him to compensate property damage. euros.
In the last decade, there have been many stories in Lithuania about the benefactor A. Patackas, who lends a helping hand to compatriots in distress.
The man from Šiauliai, who liked to brag about his good deeds in public, also troubled people with his personal drama – he told that his father left him and his mother put him in a foster home. A. Patackas told about his generosity – he said he forgave his mother and nursed her until his last breath.
A native of Šiauliai, who founded a public institution 9 years ago, used to talk about incredible trust: charity receives so much that it is a problem to store things and clothes.
It is true that more than one story has been made public that the unfortunates did not receive at all or received only a part of the support advertised by A. Patacks. It was surprising that a person from Šiauliai would rush to collect support as soon as he heard about the disaster, and would indicate the account of his institution to the benefactors, because that way the victims would avoid taxes.
The investigation by the Financial Crimes Investigation Service showed that these rumors were not true, – the public institution served A. Patacki, and only a small part of the charity got in the way of the victims.
The man from Šiauliai withdrew tens of thousands of euros from the company’s accounts, bought vacation trips, paid for personal loans, and various benefits.
In 2015-2022, A. Patackas embezzled more than 174 thousand euros.
From the donated money, the “philanthropist” paid lease installments for cars taken on behalf of himself and two other persons, paid for the repair of cars not owned by the company, and bought fuel 844 times.
Not only money was splashed out, but also things, clothes, bedding, hygiene, food items received as support.
The investigation showed that more than 241 thousand was wasted for the purposes of non-public institutions. euros.
2024-08-04 00:00:39