Corruption chain, exposed by the NAC and prosecutors: Four people were detained in a case with a bribe of half a million lei

Lanț de corupție, demascat de CNA și procurori: Patru persoane au fost reținute într-un dosar cu o mită de jumătate de milion de lei

Officers of the National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) and prosecutors from the Chisinau City Prosecutor's Office documented the entire chain of an act of corruption, involving a lawyer, two intermediaries and a prosecutor from the Edineț District Prosecutor's Office.

According to the accumulated materials, the lawyer, in complicity with two people who acted as intermediaries, allegedly demanded and received, in several installments, the total amount of approximately 500,000 lei. They claimed that they could influence a prosecutor responsible for criminal prosecution in a case regarding the organization of illegal migration, in order to determine him to adopt a favourable solution towards a defendant. As evidence, in June 2025, the person in question was removed from criminal prosecution.

Following the criminal investigation, all four individuals – the lawyer, the two intermediaries and the prosecutor in the case – were detained for 72 hours and placed in the criminal investigation cell of the NAC. As a result of the searches conducted on the evening of July 16, several relevant objects and documents were seized from the suspects’ homes, which constitute evidence in the ongoing investigation.

The National Anti-corruption Centre recalls that any person shall be presumed innocent until a final and irrevocable court decision is issued. The investigations into the case are ongoing and are taking place under the procedural leadership of the prosecutors of the Chisinau municipality.

Last update: 17 Jul 2025 - 10:33