NAC Synthesis: Three authorized administrators arrested for 30 days in a scheme to fictitiously bankrupt companies and seized illicit assets worth over 20 million lei

The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) has reported several activities carried out last week in the fight against corruption, as well as other actions within the scope of institutional attributions. Thus, the NAC officers and prosecutors detained three authorized administrators suspected of fictitiously bankrupting companies and taking them over through raider-type actions, as a result of which the suspects allegedly took possession of all the goods and assets owned by these companies. At the request of the prosecutors, the court decided to place the accused in custody for 30 days. Also last week, two people came under the NAC's sights, suspected of influence peddling when issuing driver's licenses. In one case, a man from Comrat allegedly demanded 7,500 lei from a candidate for a school certificate and 1,200 euros for successfully passing the category C driving exams. In another case, a man from Hincesti was reported to the NAC after allegedly demanding and accepting 750 euros and 4,500 lei to facilitate obtaining a category B driving license. Also, last week, a criminal case initiated by the NAC was sent to court, targeting the accomplices of two police officers, already sentenced for corruption to 6 and 5 years and 6 months in prison, respectively, with fines of 700,000 lei. We note that, at the moment, one person is detained in the Detention Centre, and another 29 people, arrested in the files initiated by the NAC, are placed in prisons. During the reference period, criminal investigation officers initiated 20 criminal cases and proposed 6 cases for prosecution.

The Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA) of the National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) seized assets worth over 20 million lei last week, based on delegations from the North Territorial General Directorate of the NAC, the National Police Investigation Inspectorate (INI) and the Ialoveni District Prosecutor's Office. These include 3 non-residential buildings, 3 residential premises, a means of transport, 2 agricultural lands and a land for construction, frozen in money laundering and embezzlement of foreign assets cases. At the same time, previously applied seizures worth over 4.3 million lei were confirmed by court decisions.

In the field of corruption prevention, the Legislation Directorate finalized and submitted to the authors 17 expert reports and 5 opinions on draft normative acts. The NAC also notifies the performance of 3 operational analyses and the initiation of 11 new studies, the reception of 50 calls to the national anti-corruption hotline and the registration of 1642 materials in the Centre’s Chancellery.