Hungary recovers 2.3 billion forints in toll system audit

Hungary's Ministry of Transport and Investments, led by Minister Dávid Vitézy, has recovered 2.27 billion forints for the state treasury following an audit of toll system transactions executed under the previous administration.

The funds were returned by a private equity fund linked to businessman Lőrinc Mészáros after officials reviewed deals made under former minister János Lázár. The state had previously spent 64.5 billion forints to acquire three electronic toll collection entities.

Following the initial repayment, authorities expanded their investigation to inspect public procurement contracts awarded to IT businessman Gábor Emőri, who spent 12 years building and managing key components of the national toll framework.

Sources: 444, HVG, Telex