2024-04-11 20:30:34
The politician received this money in 2019-2023. term of office to pay the costs of the council member’s activities. However, it turned out that the conservator used all the money to repair and rent cars belonging to his father’s company.
Fees – to the father’s company
J. Kvėglys, who was elected to the Radviliškis district council, only repaired the car for the first few months – he spent 920 euros on it.
The conservative then used the compensation payments to rent a luxury SUV, the Porsche Macan Turbo. The man from Radvili rented this car from the company owned by his father, where he himself worked as a department manager.
Initially, 320 euros were transferred to the company, and later the car rental price increased to 370 euros. An interesting coincidence – the rent for using the car increased when the amount allowed to be spent by the official politicians for their activities per month increased.
Toil even during quarantine
A total of 42 invoices for car rental were submitted to the Radviliškis district municipal accounting office. 12.8 thousand euros were paid to J. Kvėglius.
Prosecutor Donatas Micevičius of the Public Interest Protection Department of the Šiauliai District Prosecutor’s Office found out that in 2021 in September, J. Kvėglys himself became the director of this closed joint-stock company. So the politician was both landlord and tenant at the same time.
In addition, the contract for the lease of the Porsche Macan Turbo was concluded in 2019. at the beginning of November, when the company itself had not yet signed the leasing agreement with the bank.
It was not difficult to determine that the conservator carried the car rental bill even during the quarantine. At that time, gatherings were prohibited, movement was restricted, and council and committee meetings were held remotely.
The prosecutor noted that the car repair costs were also unjustified, as the invoices were issued on the last day of the month, and the documents do not indicate the repair work performed.
Law enforcers did not miss the fact that the politician, who finished his term and was no longer in the council last year, continued to use the Porsche Macan Turbo belonging to the company, but did not pay rent any more – he entered into a free use contract.
He assures that he has not violated anything
J. Kvėglys, who left the ranks of the conservatives after the scandal, explained in court that he used the rented car “Porsche Macan Turbo” for his personal needs, work, and political activities.
According to the resident of Radvili, he followed the established procedure and submitted the documents as required. J. Kvėglys noted that even an audit was conducted, and no violations were found.
The man from Radvili, who was being questioned in court, said that at the beginning of his term, he used a Mercedes Benz car belonging to the same company. Bills were brought for the repair of this car.
Mr. Kvėglys promised to bring the contract for the use of the Mercedes Benz, which he repaired at the beginning of the term, to the next court session.
Prosecutor D. Micevičius asked the court to demand from the bank the payment schedule of the leasing installments of the company that leased the car to J. Kvėglius.
2024-04-11 20:30:34