RIGA, July 12 (LETA) - The Corruption Prevention Bureau has not been able to verify claims about unreported wages paid by Unity party to its employees and possible attempts to unlawfully use voting software developed by IT company SOAAR, however, the bureau has identified minor violations for which administrative fines have been applied, LETA has determined.

As reported, Normunds Orleans, the former head of the Unity office, turned to the authorities claiming that Unity had paid unreported wages to him and at least ten other office employees.

Without naming any persons, the Corruption Prevention Bureau told LETA that, following claims received from 11 private individuals, it had conducted an inquiry into possible illegalities in financial activities of Unity and political alliance New Unity.

During the inquiry, the Corruption Prevention Bureau investigated both publicly available and additional information obtained from the parties in question, including the accounting and other documents of the political organizations, as well as reasons provided by the political parties and the explanations of the persons involved.

The Corruption Prevention Bureau has not established any facts confirming that any of the party's employees have been paid remuneration that was not accounted for in the party's accounts.

At the same time, the Corruption Prevention Bureau identified several minor violations of the Law on Financing of Political Organizations in New Unity's activities.

In particular, New Unity did not provide complete information on production of leaflets, transport services and fuel purchases ahead of the 2014 Saeima elections, for which the bureau fined New Unity a total of EUR 700.

Taking into account that the Corruption Prevention Bureau has not found evidence of illegal large-scale financing of political organizations, the bureau decided on July 12 to close the inquiry and not commence criminal proceedings.

In another inquiry conducted the Corruption Prevention Bureau, the bureau looked into claims made by SOAAR company's CEO Renars Kadzulis that Unity had been using a voting system developed by SOAAR at the party's congresses without paying for the company's services, as well as into alleged attempts by Unity representatives to make the company provide financing for the party in violation of the law.

In this inquiry, too, the Corruption Prevention Bureau has not been able to verify allegations made by the party and closed the inquiry without starting criminal proceedings.