Taking illegal advantage of their position, the group from Riga East Clinical University Hospital allegedly conspired to offer queue-hopping privileges to patients needing expedited magnetic-resonance imaging services (MRIs), requesting and accepting illegal cash benefits from them, KNAB representative Laura Dūša told Latvian Radio Tuesday.
The anti-graft watchdog agency wouldn’t reveal how many suspects are under investigation.
Such crimes carry possible five-year sentence of jail or community service, monetary fines and prohibitions from serving in the profession for up to five years.
