Investigators search payment agency director’s office
Thursday 17th September 2026 on 09:45 in
Lithuania
Financial crime investigators were carrying out a search on Thursday at the office of National Payment Agency director Fortunatas Dirginčius, LRT.lt reported, citing sources.
The Financial Crime Investigation Service also searched the National Payment Agency on Tuesday. The investigation concerns the activities of deputy director Tomas Orlickas and the allocation of support to Agro Digital Solutions, a company belonging to Orlickas’s mother-in-law, Zita Čepkauskienė.
The National Payment Agency is subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture.
“Intensive investigative actions continue as part of the pre-trial investigation. As mentioned earlier, additional and more detailed information will be provided when doing so will not harm the success of the ongoing pre-trial investigation,” Financial Crime Investigation Service spokeswoman Modesta Zdanauskaitė said.
The criminal investigation concerns suspected abuse of official position to provide unlawful advantages to people involved in European Union projects. Officials are suspected of deliberately failing to perform their duties and possibly causing significant material and non-material damage to Lithuania’s and the European Union’s financial interests.
The pre-trial investigation is being organised by European delegated prosecutors in Lithuania.
The agency said on Monday that it had removed Orlickas from his duties on July 15 after he allegedly confused public and private interests while carrying out international projects. The projects are funded from a separate European Commission budget.