Fourteen people and five companies charged in case of large-scale fraud

A total of fourteen people and five companies have been charged with tender rigging, tax evasion and other offenses in a case of large-scale fraud. The criminal network  involved people from four regions, specifically Ústí nad Labem, Karlovy Vary, Central Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia.

According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office among those charged are  the mayor of Chomutov, Marek Hrabáč, who could face up to twelve years in prison if found guilty, the director of the Chomutov Zoopark, Věra Fryčová and the CEO of the Ústí Region's Road Maintenance Administration Libor Tačner .