Magyar suggested the move may be connected to the case involving the detention of Oschadbank cash-in-transit employees.
Removing Péter Polt from the post of prosecutor general will not require any further decisions or procedures, Magyar said. Polt is expected to submit his resignation soon, he added.
“It may be connected,” Magyar said when asked whether the move was linked to the scandal surrounding the detention of Oschadbank employees.
Magyar ordered an internal investigation into the tax and customs authorities, the Counter Terrorism Center and other relevant agencies over the case involving the alleged seizure of Oschadbank cash and gold on June 17.
Oschadbank case: What is known
Hungarian authorities stopped two Oschadbank cash-in-transit vehicles and detained seven Ukrainian citizens working for the bank’s cash transport team while the valuables were being transported through Budapest on March 6, 2026.
The vehicles were carrying $40 million, €35 million ($40 million) and 9 kilograms of gold.
Hungarian authorities had effectively taken Ukrainians hostage and stolen the funds, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Administration later said the seven Oschadbank employees had been detained on suspicion of money laundering.
Ukraine’s National Police opened criminal proceedings over the alleged abduction of Ukrainian citizens and the seizure of an Oschadbank vehicle.
All seven employees returned to Ukraine on the evening of March 6. One of them was hospitalized after being questioned by Hungarian authorities, National Bank of Ukraine Gov. Andrii Pyshnyi said.
Hungary returned the cash-in-transit vehicles on March 12, but they had been damaged, Oschadbank’s press service said. The cash and gold remained under arrest in Hungary.
Hungary canceled the employees’ deportation on May 18.