Police arrest ten people in case involving large-scale fraud

Police have been conducting raids in four regions since early Tuesday in a case involving large-scale corruption, fraud and tax evasion, the Public Prosecutor's Office announced. It confirmed that more than 10 people have been detained.

Deputy head of the office, Kateřina Doušová, said the raid on offices and private homes was taking place in  Ústí nad Labem, Karlovy Vary, Central Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia. The crackdown concerns public procurement, tax crimes and corruption," Doušová told reporters. According to media reports  the mayor of Chomutov, Marek Hrabáč, was among those detained.