Several software firms are suspected of misusing some 170,000 euros in pandemic-era subsidies. Altogether the agency handed out nearly a billion euros in 2020.
Police expected an increase in reported cases after changes to the Sexual Offences Act came into force at the beginning of 2023, but a department spokesperson still describes the increase as “significant”.
The politician and one-time police officer faces charges including assault, making two unlawful threats, endangering the life or health of another person, as well as a firearms violation.