As reported by the Latvian Television program De Facto, the two lawyers involved in the criminal case are Edgars Atlācis and Agnese Kauce.
Sick leave certificates, statements and various other opinions on the health condition of a natural person provided by medical practitioners are considered documents, therefore the preparation and issue of a statement containing false information on the patient's actual health condition is treated as forgery of a document, the KNAB explained.
As a result of the pre-trial investigation, KNAB suggested to the Prosecutor's Office for Investigation of Crimes in the Service of State Institutions to bring charges against a sworn advocate for inciting to forge a document exempting from duties, as well as against a family doctor for forging a document and a sworn advocate for using a forged document.
The most severe penalty for such offences can be up to one year's imprisonment.
