Prosecution investigators probe alleged fraud at Hungarian counter-terrorism force

Budapest, January 31 (MTI) – Hungary’s central investigating prosecutor’s office has opened a probe into Hungary’s counter-terrorism force (TEK) on suspicion of misappropriation of funds, Andrea Nagy, the office’s spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

MTI asked the investigators to comment on an Index news portal report that a member of TEK’s financial management had approved a payment of tens of millions of forints in a public procurement project for a property renovation that had not gone ahead.

Nagy said that the authority’s Budapest Regional Department launched a probe into a misappropriation case against an unidentified perpetrator on June 17 last year after a report filed by TEK director general János Hajdu.

She said an investigation was ongoing, with an extendable deadline of Feb. 17. Nagy said no witnesses had been heard in the case and she declined to disclose any further details.

TEK told MTI that “an internal audit revealed some suspicious and allegedly illegal activity in a financial area” and has taken the appropriate step of filing a report.

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Source: MTI