Index – Domestic – NAV is already investigating the City Hall Chain Bridge scandal

On April 18, the National Investigation Agency ordered an investigation into the crime of bribery based on the report of Gyula Budai, a member of parliament from the ruling party, based on his complaint, he reported on his Facebook page.

According to his report, “A-Híd Zrt., which is renovating the Chain Bridge, transferred billions to Vig Mór’s company Sunstrike Kft., then the transferred amount was withdrawn in cash from various accounts, and this cash was returned through intermediaries led by Gergely Karácsony”. to City Hall”.

The representative has now been informed that a

“Based on this, the National Tax and Customs Administration will investigate the crime of bribery in my report, which has been investigating Mór Vig and his colleagues since November 2023 for the crime of budget fraud,” the representative concluded.

Chain bridge scandal: 5 billion more expensive

Mór Vig may have received a transfer in the amount of billions from A-Híd, which is carrying out the renovation of the Chain Bridge, after which he transferred it to a private account and his lawyer’s escrow account, and took HUF 900 million of it in cash, Gyula Budai, the member of parliament who is suspected of official bribery, announced earlier. filed a complaint about the Lánchíd scandal. According to previous calculations, the renovation of the Chain Bridge ended up costing HUF five billion more and was completed with less technical content.

Parliament member Gyula Budai announced on his Facebook page that he filed a complaint on Tuesday, as suspicions of official bribery arose during the renovation of the Chain Bridge:

I filed a complaint yesterday, as suspicions of official bribery arose in connection with the renovation of the Chain Bridge.

According to the Fidesz representative, the National Tax and Customs Administration has been investigating lawyer Vig Mór and his associates since November 2023 for crimes of budget fraud.

Mór Vig was able to receive a transfer in the amount of billions from A-Híd, which is renovating the Lánchíd, after which he transferred it to a private account and his lawyer’s escrow account, and from this he took HUF 900 million in cash – concluded Gyula Budai, who underlined:

The first reference was made in November 2020, and the last in January 2022. The politician then pointed out that he had received a letter in the past few days, in which it was written that Mór Vig went to the office of a security company located in the Mammut shopping center to settle accounts.

Amazing sums were in circulation

As we wrote earlier, approximately HUF 1.4 billion could have been transferred from the Chain Bridge contractor, A-HÍD Zrt., to the company of the suspect in the invoice case. atv.hu was previously informed that, according to the suspicion, approximately HUF 900 million of the received money could typically be transferred on the day of its receipt to private and lawyer’s escrow accounts linked to the lawyer Vig Mór, who was taken into custody at the beginning of December, and then within a short period of time the money could be withdrawn in cash money.

At the end of last year, the investigating authority conducted a house search at A-Híd Zrt., a major player in the Hungarian construction industry, which also carried out the renovation of the Chain Bridge. Brenner Koloman, the mayoral candidate of Jobbik – Conservatives, initiated the establishment of an investigation committee in connection with the renovation of the Chain Bridge. Brenner initiated the establishment of the investigation committee after NAV conducted a house search at A-HÍD Építő Zrt., which is renovating the Chain Bridge.

atv.hu writes on the basis of the investigative document that reached their editors that the NAV is investigating a case in which

Mór Vig was arrested at the beginning of December on well-founded suspicions of a particularly large amount of budget fraud. According to the newspaper’s information, NAV’s investigation investigates, among other things, that from the account of A-HÍD Zrt. between November 2020 and July 2022

The paper previously learned that, according to the suspicion, the transfers to the accounts linked to Vig Mór typically took place on the same days as the days on which the funds from A-HÍD Zrt. arrived at Sunstrike Kft., and the amounts were transferred within a short time was withdrawn from the account in cash. According to previous calculations, the renovation of the Chain Bridge ended up costing HUF five billion more and was completed with less technical content.

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