The Vilnius Regional Court, by means of a penal order, found a former employee of UAB Vilniaus apskrities atliekų tvarkymo centras (VAATC), G. B., and three individuals who assisted him guilty of criminal offences. The total amount of the final fines imposed on the four individuals is EUR 101,650. This is the first final court ruling issued after part of the criminal case was separated from a pre-trial investigation conducted by the Special Investigation Service (STT) and the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) into suspected systemic corruption and criminal financial schemes in the waste management sector of the Vilnius region.
According to the criminal case file, G. B., while working in the Site Operations Division of the Production Process Department at VAATC and being responsible for organising the removal of waste from bulky waste collection sites and overseeing the performance of contracts, together with other individuals organised a scheme under which documents indicated smaller quantities of scrap metal than were actually removed from VAATC sites.
It was established that between July 2022 and November 2023, at least 200,000 kilograms of scrap metal belonging to VAATC, with a value of almost EUR 50,000, were not accounted for. The proceeds received for the unaccounted scrap metal were paid in cash, with part of the money passed on to G. B.
Seeking financial gain for himself and other individuals, and in the absence of elements of bribery, G. B. abused his official position, misappropriated VAATC property entrusted to him and used forged documents. The other three individuals assisted him in committing the criminal offences.
As a result of these actions, VAATC suffered pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage amounting to EUR 49,253.15. The pecuniary damage was compensated during the pre-trial investigation.
Following the application of Articles 64¹, 65 and 66 of the Criminal Code, including a one-third reduction of the sentences and the deduction of the time spent in temporary detention from the sentences imposed, the total amount of the final fines imposed on the four individuals was EUR 101,650. The court imposed a fine of EUR 31,850 on G. B., a representative of VAATC, fines of EUR 21,400 each on two individuals who assisted him, and a fine of EUR 27,000 on the third individual.
The court also imposed a penal measure on G. B., prohibiting him for three years from being elected or appointed to elected or appointed positions in state or municipal institutions, bodies and enterprises. This period is calculated from the date on which the court’s penal order entered into force.
This is the first final court ruling in the criminal case, issued on 31 July 2026, after part of the case was separated from the large-scale pre-trial investigation conducted by the Special Investigation Service (STT) and the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) into suspected systemic corruption and criminal financial schemes in the waste management sector of the Vilnius region. The pre-trial investigation is organised and supervised by a prosecutor from the Organised Crime and Corruption Investigation Division of the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
Joint press release by the STT, FCIS and the Prosecutor’s Office
