Head of the President’s Military Office charged with breach of trust

General František Hrabal, head of the President’s Military Office, has been charged with mismanagement of funds and breach of trust. The general is suspected of having spent hundreds of thousands of crowns from the office’s budget on promotional gifts for friends. If found guilty, he could face up to five years in prison. The same accusation has been leveled against two other generals. The news web site iDnes said the president had been informed about the matter. General Hrabal’s predecessor in office stepped down last autumn on suspicion of embezzlement. He resigned after it came to light that he had proposed a big financial bonus for himself.