Ronald Adams, former U.S. director of the Czech-based Tatra lorry marker, will receive 120,000 Kč in compensation for the prosecution he faced over suspected bribery from the Czech state, Justice Ministry spokeswoman Kateřina Hrochová told the Czech News Agency today.
Adams demanded 5 million Kč in compensation for the prosecution, which he said adversely affected his personal and professional reputation.
He previously said he would give the compensation sum to nonprofit organizations that fight corruption in the state administration.
Adams may turn to a court if he wants to claim the rest of the sum from the Justice Ministry.
Adams was charged with bribery in August 2012. A court definitively acquitted him last year. The police suspected Adams of offering a bribe to the Czech Republic’s then–Deputy Defense Minister Martin Barták in 2009 in exchange for the ministry ordering a further supply of Tatra products to the Czech military.
Ronald Adams, former U.S. director of the Czech-based Tatra lorry marker, will receive 120,000 Kč in compensation for the prosecution he faced over suspected bribery from the Czech state, Justice Ministry spokeswoman Kateřina Hrochová told the Czech News Agency today.
Adams demanded 5 million Kč in compensation for the prosecution, which he said adversely affected his personal and professional reputation.
He previously said he would give the compensation sum to nonprofit organizations that fight corruption in the state administration.
Adams may turn to a court if he wants to claim the rest of the sum from the Justice Ministry.
Adams was charged with bribery in August 2012. A court definitively acquitted him last year. The police suspected Adams of offering a bribe to the Czech Republic’s then–Deputy Defense Minister Martin Barták in 2009 in exchange for the ministry ordering a further supply of Tatra products to the Czech military.
According to Adams, the court clearly said neither the police nor the state attorney could exactly define what crime he committed and how he did it, and that the state attorney’s office should not have filed an action against him.
As a result, all harassment and restrictions to which he was exposed during the investigation, detention and the court proceedings were unnecessary and unlawful, Adams said.
He said the indictment and prosecution relied exclusively on untrustworthy testimonies of people who face criminal prosecution themselves. His detention, prosecution and trial were based on a purely expedient criminal complaint, he added.
Read more: http://www.praguepost.com/czech-news/41759-friday-news-briefing-sept-26-2014#ixzz3Ehwi5mCL
Categories: Press, Tatra Works
September 29th, 2014