Suspicions arose that the members of the network of companies also linked to the Czech Katalines formed a criminal organization and continuously, in a business-like manner, committed budget fraud for the purpose of regular profit-making - according to information from the Mediaworks News Center, this was included in the report made last December by the intertwining enterprises raising suspicion the Economic Competition Office due to its EU tenders. The tax authority is currently investigating the case due to suspicion of budget fraud, read the Magyar Hírlap.

Katalin Cseh and her family applied for EU funds for years Last year, the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) initiated a procedure due to suspicious tenders, and at the end of it, filed a complaint with the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV).

According to the information of the Mediaworks News Center, the GVH found dubious points of connection between Mondat Kft., Uniotech Kft., Holotech Kft. and Pannónia Nyomda Kft., the family company of Kataliné Cseh.

The competition authority also examined the role of a Czech company, Bergman and Mülstein s.r.o., and finally came to the conclusion that the companies may belong to the same sphere of interest. this is indicated by the fact that their headquarters and branches were registered at a common address, and that the owners were related to each other, even having the same address. According to press reports, the GVH, which reviews several EU tenders, may suspect budget fraud in connection with the operation of the company network. In addition, the actors in the case could operate as a criminal organization: the participants could commit their crimes continuously, in a business-like manner, with the aim of making a regular profit, according to a special division of labor, they wrote.

Due to the dubious tenders of the network of companies linked to the Czech Katalinés, others also filed a complaint with the NAV, such as Fidesz parliamentarian Gyula Budai

The authority is investigating suspected budget fraud, and last year it also conducted house searches in the case. The tax investigators then, at the beginning of the year, made it probable that the companies involved participated in ten tenders completely, or at least partially, with the same development. Among other things, the NAV officials found traces of circular billing. Since the name of the Czech company was also found in the suspicious cases, NAV initiated the prosecution to contact the Czech prosecutor's office with a request for legal assistance . Czech bank data, tax returns and various contracts can help clarify the still obscure details of the case.

The scandal surrounding the Czech Katalines broke out last summer, when the press found out that Pannónia Nyomda Kft., which is connected to the left-wing politician and his family, is also a member of the group of companies that systematically colluded and under suspicious circumstances won an EU tender worth HUF 4.8 billion .

The European anti-fraud office, OLAF, also initiated proceedings due to the tenders.

Source: Magyar Hírlap

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