Former Fidesz Minister May Wait Behind Bars Until the Investigation Is Complete
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The Buda Central District Court extended the arrest of Miklós Seszták until January 30 in the billion-dollar bribery case.
The Central District Court of Buda has extended the detention of Miklós Seszták, former Minister of National Development and KDNP MP, until January 30, the court told MTI on Wednesday. The politician is suspected of accepting bribes and other crimes, and the case involved accepting illegal benefits worth more than 12 billion forints.
The investigating judge of the Buda Central District Court extended until January 30 the acceptance of official bribery in a criminal case pending before the National Property Recovery and Asset Protection Office (NVVH) for the crime of office bribery and other crimes, Miklós Sesztó, KDNP representative, Minister of Development of the Orbán government for 2014-2018 his arrest.The extension of the arrest was proposed by the National Office for As…
Investigators were greeted by an empty safe at Miklós Seszták's residence, even though they expected the former minister to have hidden 9 billion in it. The court also requested an extension of the former politician's arrest because there was presumably still money that the defendant would make disappear if he were released.
The arrest of Miklós Seszták, a KDNP member of parliament and former Minister of Development, has been extended until the end of January. The court ordered the extension of the arrest in view of the special reasons for his escape, hiding, and the threat to the evidentiary process. He kept 9 billion at home During the search of Miklós Seszták’s residence, the investigating authority found “empty safes in which, according to the available data, th…
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