The NAC is conducting searches in a case regarding the fraudulent obtaining of international certificates used for exemption from the baccalaureate exam in computer science
Officers of the National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC), under the procedural leadership of prosecutors, are conducting criminal investigation actions in a criminal case in which alleged illegal actions of persons involved in the process of organizing and conducting the Certiport international exams are being investigated.
According to the materials accumulated in the criminal trial, there is a reasonable suspicion that, during the period March–April 2026, a teacher from an entity authorized to organize the Certiport international exams, having responsibilities in the examination and supervision process, together with other persons, allegedly demanded, accepted and received, through intermediaries, monetary means from several pupils and students in exchange for guaranteeing the passing of the exams and obtaining the international certificates necessary for the exemption from taking the baccalaureate exam in computer science. According to the investigation, the amounts remitted to facilitate obtaining the certificates would have ranged between 3,500 and 12,000 lei.
Following the special investigative measures and the criminal investigation actions carried out, 15 pupils and students who would have benefited from the investigated criminal scheme were identified. According to the evidence administered, they would have obtained the international certificates by circumventing the legal certification procedures, and would later have presented them to the competent authorities in order to benefit from the award of the grade "10" ex officio in the baccalaureate exam in the computer science discipline.
Based on the accumulated evidence, the criminal investigation body examines the actions of the persons concerned in terms of committing the crimes of bribery and bribery in proportions exceeding 100 conventional units. At this stage, searches and other criminal procedural actions are carried out to administer evidence, establish all the circumstances of the case, identify all the persons involved and hold them accountable according to the law.
We specify that any person shall benefit from the presumption of innocence and is considered innocent until a final court decision is rendered.