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CPB will not request Latvian Judge Strazds held in custody

Alla Petrova, BC, Riga, 10.08.2012.Print version
The Corruption Prevention Bureau (CPB) will not request the chief judge of the Riga Zemgale District Court Ziedonis Strazds, who was detained by the CPB on Tuesday on suspicion of aiding and abetting a crime and/or abuse of high position, held in custody as a security measure.

As LETA was informed by Strazds' attorney Pavels Rebenoks, Strazds will be released within the next several hours. He did however admit that investigators could ask for some sort of security measure imposed on the Strazds sometime in the future.

 

Rebenoks confirmed that Strazds is still refraining from answering questions and that his client maintains his innocence.

 

As reported, CPB agents on Tuesday detained the chief judge of Riga Zemgale District Court.

 

CPB confirmed that this case involves two judges, suspected of abuse of position for monetary gain. They are accused of carrying out a scheme for many years – hiring fictitious employees for the court and then cashing in their salaries.

 

The judge had convinced numerous persons to enter into and sign a bogus job contract, and they in fact never worked for the court.

 

The other judge mentioned from a regional court, was party to the scheme, and apparently aided and abetted it.





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