The Office of the President of Slovakia has halted payments to former head of state Andrej Kiska due to a guilty verdict in a tax fraud case.
Along with the lifetime benefits, Andrej Kiska has also lost his right to state-provided security.
At the end of October, a regional court in Prešov sentenced Kiska to a one-year suspended sentence for tax fraud. The case involves excessive tax deductions claimed by Kiska’s family company, KTAG, related to expenses for Kiska’s presidential campaign leading up to the 2014 election. In the decisive round of voting, Kiska received 20 points more than then (and current) Prime Minister Robert Fico, securing his position as head of state.
The court agreed with the plaintiff’s claim that Kiska financed his campaign through KTAG and subsequently illegally obtained a VAT refund on expenses totaling €155,000.
