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Czech Coal says sales staff made millions in illegal deals

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Czech mining major Czech Coal says a group of sales department employees made millions selling company coal illegally to suppliers

Czech Coal has rights to mine the largest lignite deposits in the Czech Republic foto: © Czech CoalČeská pozice

Czech Coal announced Wednesday that, following a year-long investigation, it had uncovered a scam by employees in its purchases and sales department who regularly sold its sorted brown coal to suppliers without the approval or knowledge of the management. The mining firm has responded by announcing the closure of the entire purchases and sales department. 

In a press release Wednesday, Czech Coal said they had established the identities of employees involved in the scam from contracts they concluded with coal suppliers. At the same time an audit revealed gross discrepancies between sales contracts approved by the management and sales documentation signed by staff in the purchases and sales department.

The company said coal suppliers had also concluded contracts for consultancy services with relations and acquaintances of several Czech Coal employees and cash transfers between employees and related companies and persons had been discovered.  

Czech Coal says it has incurred damages amounting to around Kč 100 million.

“A criminal complaint will be filed in relation to the findings and security measures will be implemented to ensure there is no repeat of such a situation,” Czech Coal said in the press release.

Czech coal has mining rights for the Vršanská mine near Most in the North Bohemian coal basin, which has the largest ascertained deposits of brown coal — or lignite — in the Czech Republic with an estimated 323 million tons. The company currently has almost 5,000 employees.

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