The National Crime Agency (NAKA) on Friday detained former Financial Administration (tax and customs office) president Frantisek Imrecze and eight other people as part of an operation codenamed 'Toll Collector', TASR has learnt from Police Corps Presidium spokesman Michal Slivka. According to Slivka, the reason for the detentions is criminal activity related to machinations in public procurement and corruption. Imrecze was at the helm of the Financial Administration until September 2018, when he decided to resign following a scandal involving customs fraud. According to the Dennik N daily, IT systems were bought secretly and undercharged textile goods were declared by Imrecze's administration. The ex-Financial Administration president was nominated by SMER-SD party and he was directly subordinated to ex-Financial Minister Peter Kazimir, today the Governor of the Slovak Central Bank.
Source: TASR
