Hungary’s NVVH asset-recovery authority said it found large sums of cash concealed in several locations during coordinated operations in the case involving former minister Miklós Seszták. The seizure makes the investigation a significant test of political accountability, but its scale does not itself determine the MP’s criminal responsibility.
Polsat News reported that the operations ran on Thursday and Friday in Budapest and the counties of Pest, Békés and Nógrád. The authority said the searches uncovered more than 5 billion forints, more than €2.6 million and more than $1.2 million. According to the report, cash was buried in a forest, hidden in agricultural and storage buildings and a residence, and kept in a safe at a concealed location. NVVH said the money had been transferred to the state treasury.
Seszták is an MP and deputy leader of KDNP, a party that previously governed with Fidesz. Polsat News reported that he is accused of accepting $30 million in bribes and that parliament lifted his immunity. The supplied report, however, does not set out the evidence for that allegation, the legal basis for the seizure, or a response from Seszták or his defence.
That distinction matters as Prime Minister Péter Magyar has used the operation to make a broader political attack, calling it the end of the “Fidesz-KDNP mafia.” That is a political judgment, not a court finding. The material point is the reported investigative action: a state authority says it secured an unusually large amount of cash across several sites. If the allegations are to result in criminal liability, prosecutors will need to establish the money’s provenance and its connection to a specific offence in court.
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- Polsat News · Source date: 2026-11-14
Independent editorial content. WUA is not affiliated with any political party. 2026-11-14