Jozef Brhel guilty of corruption

The Specialized Criminal Court found Jozef Brhel Sr., his son, and former Deputy Finance Minister Radko Kuruc guilty in the Mýtnik case concerning IT contracts awarded by the tax authority FS under former FS head František Imrecze in 2012-18. Prior to the penal code reform, Brhel and his son faced potential prison sentences of 12-20 years. Brhel Sr. received a four-year suspended sentence and a €1.5m fine, while Brhel Jr. received a four-year suspended sentence and a €1.2m fine. The court said Brhel acquired a stake in Allexis, which subsequently secured lucrative contracts from FS worth €60m. Kuruc, who accepted a €120,000 bribe to facilitate the rollout of the eKasa system at FS and now heads the state-owned bank SZRB, received a three-year suspended sentence and a €60,000 fine. All three have appealed, and the Supreme Court will rule on the case.

(postoj.sk, dennikN.sk)