Hungary finds $19.5 million in cash in probe of Orbán-era minister

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Hungary’s anti-corruption agency said on Friday it had seized about $19.5 million in cash while investigating Miklós Seszták, a former minister under Viktor Orbán, according to Agence France-Presse and The Guardian. Bloomberg reports close to $20 million. The cash was found buried in forests or hidden in barns and warehouses. Seszták is accused of taking bribes in a scheme involving the state transport company and the purchase of secondhand buses at inflated prices. The Guardian reports that Seszták, two other Orbán-era ministers and Orbán’s brother have been taken into custody in separate cases as graft inquiries have gathered pace since Péter Magyar’s election victory in April.

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Hungarian authorities found about $19.5 million in hidden cash during the investigation, some of it buried underground.
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The Guardian
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The Washington Times
The cash was found in forests, barns and warehouses.
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Bloomberg, The Guardian
The anti-corruption agency said it had seized the cash while searching locations in the case against a former minister.
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Miklós Seszták, minister of national development from 2014 to 2018, is accused of taking bribes in a scheme involving the state transport company and secondhand buses.
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Seszták, two other Orbán-era ministers and Orbán’s brother have been taken into custody in separate cases.
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Every side reports Hungarian authorities finding about $19.5 to $20 million in cash in an investigation into an ex-minister under Viktor Orbán. Left outlets stress the seizure and a wider graft inquiry, while the right outlet frames it as an official recovery of hidden cash.

the left
2 outlets
Left headlines frame the find as a seizure or stash in a graft inquiry; Bloomberg stresses the link to Orbán allies, and the Guardian’s headline sits on an AFP report.
Hungary Finds $20 Million Cash Stash in Probe on Orban Minister
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The headline states that Hungarian authorities recovered about $19.5 million in hidden cash and links the probe to an Orbán-era minister without naming him.
Hungarian authorities recover $19.5 million in cash during investigation into Orban-era minister
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size of the cash haul
graft inquiry into Orbán-era allies
cash buried in forests

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BloombergLeft
Hungary Finds $20 Million Cash Stash in Probe on Orban Minister
Investigators found close to $20 million worth of cash stashed away in forests, barns and warehouses around Hungary, yielding a breakthrough in the widening probes into alleged corruption by allies of former Premier Viktor Orban.
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The GuardianLeftAgence France-Presse report
Hungary seizes $19.5m in cash found buried in forests amid graft inquiry
Anti-corruption agency carried out searches as part of investigation into Orbán-era minister accused of taking bribes Hungary’s anti-corruption agency said on Friday it had seized cash worth $19.5m (£14.8m) buried in forests and hidden elsewhere while investigating an …
5 hr agoRead at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

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official recovery by authorities
cash buried underground
link to an Orbán-era minister

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Hungarian authorities recover $19.5 million in cash during investigation into Orban-era minister
Hungarian authorities said Friday that they'd recovered about $19.5 million in hidden cash, some of which they found buried underground, as part of an investigation into an ex-minister who served under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
5 hr agoRead at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)

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Hungary finds $19.5 million in cash in probe of Orbán-era minister

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Hungary Finds $20 Million Cash Stash in Probe on Orban Minister

Hungary seizes $19.5m in cash found buried in forests amid graft inquiry

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Hungarian authorities recover $19.5 million in cash during investigation into Orban-era minister

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