Businessman suspected in probe into influence peddling in Labour Party’s case

Law-enforcement officials on Thursday searched Kasandros Grupė’s offices and the home of Cicenas, who is suspected of acting as a go-between in seeking illegal influence in getting Vytautas Gapšys, a former high-ranking member of the Labour Party, cleared of charges.

Law-enforcement would not comment on the information.

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Cicėnas and Laima Cicėnienė, Kasandros Grupe’s director and another shareholder, could not be reached by BNS for comment on Friday.

As part of the pre-trial investigation, law-enforcement officials have conducted searches at the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office and detained Rita Aliukonienė, head of the First Division of Criminal Prosecution, on suspicions of large-scale influence peddling. Viktoras Aidukas, a Supreme Court judge, and Gapšys have been questioned as special witnesses in the case.

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