Pinskuvienė’s mother charged over council expense claims

A criminal case against Marija Gudonienė, a member of the Širvintos district municipal council and the mother of district mayor Živilė Pinskuvienė, has been sent to court, LRT reported. Gudonienė is charged with fraud, abuse of office and forging and using documents.

The Special Investigation Service and prosecutors said the investigation found that, while serving on the council during the previous term, Gudonienė allegedly falsified nine advance expense reports between February 2020 and October 2022 to obtain financial gain.

She allegedly included fuel receipts belonging to other people, although she had not bought the fuel or incurred the expenses. Investigators say she fraudulently obtained 608 euros for herself through the repeated falsification and use of the documents.

Tags: Lithuania, Širvintos district, council expenses