Police are investigating the role of the J&T financial group in the asset stripping of wiring producer Drotovna Hlohovec in 1996, in which a suspicious bond issue allegedly cost the firm Sk278 million ($7 million).
The Sk500 million Drotovna bonds were bought by the IRB state bank, which at the time was headed by Jozef Tkáč, father of J&T founder Patrik Tkáč.
Police suspect that the money gained was not invested in Drotovna, as intended, but was passed to two of Drotovna's daughter firms, controlled by J&T, which eventually took control of Drotovna from other shareholders.
J&T has rejected the theory, and has said the investigation will allow the firm to clear its name.
Compiled by Tom Nicholson from press reports.
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