The former mayor of Ivanka pri Nitre, Peter G., who was arrested by the police in Zurich last week along with two other Slovaks and Czech MEP Miloslav Ransdorf when attempting to transfer €350 million from a Swiss bank, has seen charges pressed against him by a Swiss prosecutor, Pravda daily reported on Tuesday, referring to a senior source in the judiciary. The three Slovaks, named only as Attila D., Juraj H. and Peter G., were detained along with Ransdorf on December 3, when they attempted to take the aforementioned sum from an account at the Zuricher Kantonalbank using false documents. Although Ransdorf and the other two Slovaks have been released from custody, Peter G. is still behind bars. Ransdorf, who represents the Czech Communist Party in the European Parliament, has claimed that he wanted to set up communications between the bank and his client. He mentioned a person known only as V.H., with whom the bank hasn't been in contact for ten years, but it isn't clear whether V.H. is the client in question.
Several theories have emerged concerning the case. Some sources have indicated that the men wanted to get to money belonging to a Jewish client of the bank who didn't survive the Holocaust and whose descendants have been unable to inherit due to the lack of a death certificate. Another theory states that the €350 million belonged to a leading Nazi who earned the money by arms trading and from patents. According to the theory, the aforementioned V.H. is supposed to be the sole person in line to inherit the sum. Current mayor of Ivanka pri Nitre, Lubos Gal, has told the daily that he saw documents proving V.H.'s right to inherit around two years ago and that they were shown to him by a man who had had a disagreement with Peter G.
