SloveniaThe Celje District Court has issued a verdict in the first Slovenian case involving fraud related to European Union funds. The case centers around the misuse of EU funds under the social activation program by the company Griffin and the organization Socio Celje. Tanja Čajavec, former director of Griffin, was sentenced to two years in prison, while Suzi Kvas, former director of Socio Celje, received a conditional sentence of one year and two months. The court ordered Griffin to pay 80,000 euros in fines and return 633,000 euros in illegally obtained funds. Socio Celje was fined 40,000 euros but may avoid paying if no similar offenses occur within two years. The alleged fraud involved falsifying information about employees' qualifications and claiming expenses for individuals who did not participate in the projects. The case began after house searches conducted by the National Investigative Office in October 2019 and took nearly seven years to reach a verdict.
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