The last accused remains in custody in the corruption case, which concerns the influencing of hospital orders in hospitals in Ústík and Jihlava. This was confirmed to Seznam Zprávám by the supervising public prosecutor Lukáš Jindra. “One accused is currently being prosecuted,” Jindra said.
List Reports from sources familiar with the course of the investigation into the case have verified that it is the main character of this case – businessman Tomáš Burian. He remains in custody because, according to the court, there is a risk that he could flee. Prosecutor Jindra had previously written in a document for the court that Burian regularly goes to Monaco or Bad Ragaz in Switzerland.
Petr Malý, the former head of Regional Health, which unites seven hospitals in Ústeck, was thus released from custody in recent days. Lawyer Jan Hrazdira, who represents him, did not want to comment on this. Malý himself did not pick up the mobile phone and did not even respond to the questions sent.
The then director of Regional Health, Petr Malý, was charged by the police because, according to their findings, he took bribes. In addition, when influencing public contracts – as the detectives wrote in the indictment – he followed Burian’s instructions.
The case of a contract for waste management for around 197 million crowns is also part of the police accusation. In this context, according to the police, Malý and Burian planned to gradually collect a total of more than 13.8 million crowns. And before they were arrested in mid-February, according to the police, they managed to divide over 1.3 million.
In addition to Malé, the former head of Jihlava hospital Lukáš Velev and businessmen Jan Mára and Miroslav Hůserek have already been released from custody.
A total of ten people were charged in this corruption case surrounding hospital contracts in Ústík and Vysočín. They are also facing prosecution due to the fact that the contracts were awarded to pre-selected companies. They then provided bribes to the organized group – as the police claim.
According to the police, which contracts were bribed?
- Waste management for Regional Health (the total value of the orders was 197 million crowns without VAT). According to the police, the handover should have taken place gradually bribes in the amount 13.8 million crowns.
- Maquet Magnus operating table (total contract value 6.6 million crowns without VAT). Police documented the handover a bribe of 580,000.
- Operating theaters for Regional Health (the total value of the orders was 20.5 million crowns without VAT). Police documented the handover bribe 216 thousand.
- Endoscopic equipment of the lung hospital Most (the value of the contract was 1.5 million without VAT). Police documented the handover a bribe of 186,000.
- Cordless operating drills for the Jihlava hospital (the value of the order was 6.086 million VAT). Police documented the handover a bribe 736 thousand.
- Delivery of knee joints and other medical equipment for the Regional Health Service. Police documented the handover 1.8 million in bribes.
- Defibrillators with monitor (the value of the contract was 9.4 million) for Jihlava hospital. The police documented the handing over of the bribe 1.1 million.
