The Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) has launched an investigation on suspicion of mismanagement in connection with contracts between companies owned by Orbán Győző, the father of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and companies associated with Hungarian businessman Mészáros Lőrinc. The investigation seeks to establish whether Orbán Győző’s company, Dolomit Kft., sold stone at inflated prices to Mészáros’s V-Híd Zrt. for the expansion of the M1 motorway, a publicly funded infrastructure project.
In March 2026, reports emerged that trucks were transporting stone from Orbán Győző’s quarries for use in the M1 motorway expansion. The construction work is being carried out by V-Híd, part of the Mészáros business group. The contracting authority is MKIF Magyar Koncessziós Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő Zrt., which holds the state concession for operating the motorway network and is also linked to Mészáros Lőrinc and businessman Szijj László.
MKIF receives substantial public funding for motorway maintenance and related obligations under the concession agreement. Government officials have estimated the total value of state-related payments at up to HUF 1 trillion, while MKIF has put the figure at approximately HUF 680 billion. Regardless of the differing estimates, the contracts involve significant amounts of public money.
In June 2026, former independent Member of Parliament Ákos Hadházy stated that he had obtained contracts indicating that Dolomit Kft. had supplied stone to V-Híd at prices allegedly above market levels. According to Hadházy, some products were sold to Mészáros’s company at approximately twice the price listed on Dolomit’s publicly available price list.
Following these allegations, Miklós Ligeti, Legal Director of Transparency International Hungary, filed a criminal complaint on suspicion of mismanagement. He noted that it would be difficult to establish whether overpricing had actually occurred without access to the relevant invoices. However, if publicly funded projects purchased construction materials above market prices, this could potentially result in financial damage to public assets. Transparency International therefore filed the complaint against an unknown perpetrator.
The investigation adds to scrutiny of the business activities of the Orbán family and its connections to major Hungarian government-linked business groups. Companies directly owned by members of the Orbán family generated approximately HUF 3 billion in profit in 2025, with a substantial portion reportedly distributed to the owners as dividends.