Szabolcs Panyi: A NAV GENERAL DIED ON THE NIGHT OF THE UKRAINIAN MONEY TRANSMITTER DISCONNECTION, AT THE PARTY OF THE NAV KEY FIGURE OF THE ACTION

Szabolcs Panyi’s Facebook post: “💥A NAV GENERAL DIED ON THE NIGHT OF THE DISCONNECTION OF THE MONEY DELIVERY IN UKRAINE, AT THE PARTY OF THE NAV KEY FIGURE OF THE ACTION

During the day on March 5, the commandos of the Anti-Terrorism Center (TEK) raided two armored Ukrainian money-carrying vans at the M0 ring road rest stop in Alaska. Seven Ukrainian citizens were handcuffed, and the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) initiated proceedings on suspicion of money laundering. The next day, the government released proud videos of the deployment. The case has dominated the Hungarian media ever since, and the Orbán government is currently trying to focus its campaign messages on it. However, something completely different happened on the night of the NAV campaign, which the tax authorities have not reported to the public since then – as did the police and no one else.

One of the key figures of the action on March 5 was Inspector General Tamás Demeter, Deputy President of the National Criminal Investigation and Law Enforcement Agency, who organized an exclusive celebration for that evening at the Zselicvölgy Leisure Farm in Somogy, Hajmás, twenty kilometers from Kaposvár, among the hills of Zselic. The purpose of the event was to celebrate his latest promotion.

Demeter started his career at the Customs and Financial Protection, then became the Director General of Criminal Affairs of NAV, and as of August 2022, the Office’s Deputy President for Crime and Law Enforcement. The most recently published data on the NAV website already shows the rank of major general next to him — this promotion was the occasion of the ceremony. Acquaintances describe him as a figure who is very close to Antal Rogán and closely monitors politically sensitive NAV matters.

There were 106 people on the invitation list for the March 5 celebration — a shortened version of which reached me. Among the guests were NAV leaders, other generals, state secretaries, deputy state secretaries, and at least one member of parliament from Fidesz. In the end, about eighty people showed up at the event. According to his acquaintances, Demeter regularly holds smaller, more exclusive parties than this — this evening belonged to the category of larger, representative parties.

But the night of March 5 had a tragic end. One of the invited guests, Brigadier General Csaba Torda, was found dead the next day from the shallow lake next to the farm, with head injuries. Torda was an outstanding figure in the customs field of NAV. For many years, he led the Customs Department of the Central Administration of the NAV, then worked as an advisor to the Director General of the NAV.

According to a source, Torda was last recorded by a security camera shortly before midnight. He was found dead in the lake the next morning. Neither the police nor the NAV gave public information about the death. My sources unanimously state that according to the authorities’ assessment, a tragic accident occurred at the end of a fun night, and there was no other possibility.

However, the time – the proximity of the Ukrainian action -, the main organizer and celebrated person – Tamás Demeter, who played a key role in the Ukrainian action on behalf of the NAV – and the illustrious guest list threatened that the reports of the death could interfere with the government’s narrative.

If the news of the death came to light on March 6 or in the following days, while the government was pouring images and videos of the Ukrainian operation, as well as AI fakes based on them, on Facebook, the message would have become impossibly complicated. NAV, whose people are investigating the Ukrainian money carriers in principle for money laundering, had fun on a farm in Somogy that same night, where one of them also drowned in a lake.

📸The photo shows Tamás Demeter NAV deputy president and the location of his celebration.”