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A report by the General Inspectorate for Health Activities has ordered Santa Maria Hospital dermatology teams to repay over €818,000 for improper surgery payments authorized between 2021 and 2025, a period involving the current Minister of Health.
The Chega party has tabled a motion of no confidence against Oeiras Mayor Isaltino Morais following his indictment for the alleged misuse of 150,000 euros in public funds for personal expenses.
Oeiras Mayor Isaltino Morais and 22 municipal officials face charges of embezzlement and abuse of power for allegedly misusing 150,000 euros of public funds on over 1,400 meals between 2017 and 2025.
The Socialist Party in Lisbon has accused Mayor Carlos Moedas of illegally retaining Alberto Laplaine Guimarães as municipal secretary-general, arguing that his tenure has exceeded the legal ten-year limit and that a new public tender was required.
There is also a fifth person who remains unidentified, as the fingerprints discovered do not match any records in the national criminal database.
The former prime minister had guaranteed that Diogo Lacerda Machado had never spoken to him about the lithium and hydrogen deals.
The case generally involves crimes of corruption, abuse of power, money laundering, and tax fraud, among others.
Retired magistrates escape accusations of corruption, abuse of power, embezzlement, and denial of justice. The inquiries concerned the use of the Lisbon Court of Appeal (TRL) for arbitration and the manipulation of case distribution.
The smaller part of Operation Marquês is set to go to trial. The charges involve document forgery and money laundering.
The majority voted against the suspension of the mayor, who is accused alongside 22 other officials of embezzlement and abuse of power regarding 150,000 euros in meal expenses.
The Union of Trade and Services Associations (UACS) stated on Monday, March 30, that there is “total financial and accounting transparency” regarding Lisbon's Christmas lights, following Operation Lumen, which led to the arrest and indictment of the UACS president. The investigation concerns alleged economic crimes in contracts for the installation of festive lighting, involving officials from the Lisbon City Council and the company Castros Iluminações Festivas. While the UACS president, Carla Salsinha, has been suspended from her duties by the court, the association maintains that it has not been named as a defendant in the case and that its operations continue as normal.
The smaller part of Operation Marquês is set to go to trial. The charges involve document forgery and money laundering.
The prosecutor charged six defendants whose reimbursements did not exceed 100 euros. Isaltino Morais is accused of having “devised” a plan for his own benefit and that of the other 22 defendants.
The Public Prosecutor's recent investigation into lunches at the Oeiras City Council seems to me one of those oddities where scruples abound and common sense is in short supply. Opinion by João Miguel Tavares
The mayor says it is “natural” to have invoices registered for several lunches on the same day. The investigation counted 160 “working meals” on weekends.
Alberto Gonçalves comments on the Public Prosecutor's indictment of Isaltino Morais, mayor of Oeiras
Portugal’s public prosecutor’s office is accusing Oeiras’ flamboyant mayor, Isaltino Morais, of embezzlement and abuse of power for the €150,000 spent by the municipality on 1,441 ‘working lunches’ in local The post Oeiras mayor and his love of fine dining sees him back facing criminal charges appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged the Mayor of Oeiras and 22 municipal officials with embezzlement and abuse of power regarding 1,441 meals costing approximately 150,000 euros, which included tobacco, aphrodisiac sake, champagne, and lobsters for the Carregueira prison. Read the full story in O Inimigo Público.
Three deputies from the party requested the immediate “suspension of duties or resignation” of the mayor of Oeiras and 22 other people accused of misuse of public funds.
The Chega party in the Oeiras Municipal Assembly has tabled a motion of no confidence against the local executive, citing a loss of political legitimacy following the indictment of Mayor Isaltino Morais for embezzlement. The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged Morais and 22 other municipal officials over the alleged misuse of 150,000 euros in public funds for personal meals between 2017 and 2024. While Morais maintains that the expenses were for legitimate working lunches, the motion demands his resignation or suspension to protect the municipality's reputation and institutional trust.
At issue is Operation “Lúmen”, which is investigating alleged economic crimes in contracts for the installation of Christmas lights.
Between 2017 and 2024, meal costs reached 1,232 euros per month. Among the 23 defendants are a Lisbon city councillor and a former Secretary of State. Restaurants would bill the municipality and receive payment in cash.
The prosecutor is seeking the removal from office of Isaltino Morais and ten other Oeiras local officials. At issue are 150,000 euros spent on lunches, snacks, and dinners classified as 'work meetings'.
Joana Baptista will be the second defendant to misappropriate funds from the Oeiras City Council, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office. Moedas' team states that the Urban Hygiene councillor has not been heard by the justice system regarding expenses on lunches.
'I ask myself: if it is from 2018 to 2024, why not from 2016 and 2017? At the time, Isaltino was not the Mayor. Obviously, there is an objective here to investigate exclusively during the term of Isaltino Morais.' On Wednesday, speaking to journalists outside the city hall building, the mayor responded to the indictment.
The mayor questions “where the illegality is” in the crimes he is accused of and guarantees that the “City Council is fully cooperating with the investigation”
The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged the Mayor of Oeiras and 22 other defendants with embezzlement and abuse of power. The case concerns meals that were allegedly paid for improperly with municipal funds.
The Public Prosecutor's Office is requesting the forfeiture of political mandates for the positions currently held by the accused. Lisbon councillor Joana Batista is one such case.
The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged the Mayor of Oeiras, Isaltino Morais, and 22 other defendants, including councillors and staff, with embezzlement and abuse of power. The charges relate to the misuse of 150,000 euros of municipal funds for personal meals between 2017 and 2024. The prosecution is seeking the removal of the officials from office and the repayment of the funds. The Oeiras City Council has denied the allegations, stating that all expenses were legitimate work-related costs incurred in accordance with standard municipal practices.
