Inspection detains investigators in the Očistec case: Their prosecution will be decided by a court – Topky.sk

“On September 15, 2021, the prosecutor of KP Bratislava filed a motion at the Bratislava III Armed Forces for the prosecution of five accused persons in order not to influence witnesses and to continue to commit criminal activity.” Dalibor Skladan, spokesman of the General Prosecutor’s Office (GP) of the Slovak Republic, informed about it.

According to unofficial information, the motion for detention was filed against the temporarily appointed head of ÚIS Petr Scholtz and members of the National Criminal Agency (NAKA) Ján Čurill and Pavel Ďurek. Petr Scholtz was charged with the continuing crime of abuse of power by a public official and the crime of obstructing justice. This follows from the information provided on Tuesday (September 14) by the spokesman of the General Prosecutor’s Office (GP) of the Slovak Republic Dalibor Skladan.

“After issuing a resolution on the commencement of criminal prosecution on 10 September 2021, the prosecutor of KP Bratislava raised charges of the PS on 14 September 2021 for the continuing crime of abuse of power by a public official and the crime of obstruction of justice,” Skladan mediated the opinion of KP Bratislava. Peter Scholtz was detained on Monday (September 13).

In a criminal case for the crime of abuse of power by a public official, the ÚIS investigator accused four members of the NAKA. “On September 14, 2021, he indicted four members of the National Criminal Agency of the Presidium of the Police Force, Bratislava Department, J. Č., P. Ď., MS and Š. M., who will be heard in the presence of their lawyers,” added the spokesman. The pair of NAKA members Ján Čurila and Pavel Ďurek were also charged on Monday with a criminal case of so-called influencing the veracity of witness statements.