Janos Nagy denies these accusations. In the criminal proceedings against him, his intercepted phone conversations have now been played back.

The Deputy Foreign Minister was promised a five percent ownership stake to support an investment of 830 million Hungarian forints. According to RTL Híradó, the telephone conversation was replayed in court in the case of János Nagy, former Deputy Secretary of State for Lands, accused of official bribery.

So the bottom line is that the newly established company will buy this property. This gives our Turkish company the opportunity to make an investment worth $830 million there.”

– said in the recorded recording, in which the defendants also discussed how much commission the former Deputy Secretary of State should receive from the deal. In the end, he considered five percent acceptable.

By the way, János Nagy was fired when the case broke in December 2020. However, this is not the only criminal case against him, another case was started in the spring:




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