Jarnot said the police have not proved that Cunek suppressed incomes important for being granted welfare benefits. He said he will not provide further information on the case because privacy of all the people concerned needs to be protected. Cunek received welfare benefits at a time when his family had high sums deposited in bank accounts. Cunek, former deputy prime minister and former local development minister, resigned from his posts in the cabinet last November shortly after information about the alleged benefit abuse was released.
The public Czech Television (CT) reported then that Cunek's family had some 3.5 million crowns in bank accounts at a time when it was taking welfare benefits. Cunek argued that the money Czech ex-deputy PM admits error in property statement - press ...
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(Ceske Noviny)
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