Mór Vig's name also appeared in the money laundering scandal of the Italian mafia.
During the activities of one of the largest and strongest mafia groups, the Italian 'Ndrangheta, in Budapest, the name of Vig Mór, the main character of the invoice fraud case in the capital, came to light. The ex-lawyer was the CEO and shareholder of a company that was intertwined with one of the Hungarian companies of the Italian criminal organization.
According to available public data, one of the companies of Vig Mór, a key figure in the capital account fraud case, also appeared in the Hungarian thread of the investigation against the notorious Italian criminal organization, the 'Ndrangheta.
Remember, this is the case in which a lawyer from Budapest was also arrested, although since then she has been free to defend herself and claims that she is actually the victim of the case and that the crimes were not committed by her, but by another person well known to the authorities.
In January of last year, the lawyer was placed under arrest by the Metropolitan Court based on the European arrest warrant issued by the Catanzaro court.
According to the court's previous information, the lady was charged with participation in a criminal organization, crimes related to fraud, and laundering the proceeds of crime.
The woman, in cooperation with her companions - who are members of the 'Ndrangheta association - formed a criminal organization active both in Italy and abroad.
Taking advantage of his status as a lawyer, he and his accomplices formally managed the Hungarian companies registered and operated at his law office in Budapest, but they were actually operated and fully controlled by the leader of the criminal gang, and used to launder income from illegal asset transfers and money laundering crimes, the court wrote in its previous announcement.
Since 2017, Italian anti-mafia authorities have been investigating several members of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, the second largest mafia in the world. At the request of the Catanzaro State Prosecutor's Office, the business units and bank accounts of four Budapest-based companies were criminally frozen in connection with the money laundering case of the 'Ndrangheta. Among them was a certain Veritas Menedzsment Kft.
An article published last year by the Privát kopó crime portal revealed that Veritas was mentioned several times during the conversations recorded with the secret service device. They wanted to use this company to rip off an Omani investor group. Ltd. its executives were – formally – Baxter Kenneth David, who lives in Cyprus, and – effectively – Gaetano Loschiavo.
The portal's investigation revealed that in August 2019, forced liquidation proceedings were initiated against the company, which accumulated significant NAV debt and was allegedly created for the purpose of committing fraud.
More than half a year earlier, on January 24, 2019, the management of Veritas Menedzsment Kft. was "passed over" to a company that existed only eight days ago, GattobInc Zrt., whose CEO and sole shareholder was none other than Vig Mór - can be read in the report of the criminal newspaper.
Mór Vig is a key figure in the capital invoice factory related to the five billion overpriced renovation of the Chain Bridge,
who was detained last November by the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) because he fell into an invoice factory worth hundreds of millions. It later turned out that the case extends far beyond Vig Mór, to whose company account A-Híd Zrt., which is carrying out the bridge renovation, transferred one and a half billion forints. According to the information published so far, this was taken in cash together with an acquaintance of a lawyer, and then the substantial amount was returned to the group of owners linked to A-Híd. According to an insider, these funds then landed at the City Hall led by Gergely Karácsony. You can read details about all of this here.
Cover photo: Gergely Karácsony a Lánchídon
Source: Facebook/Gergely Kárácsony
