AP and NAC are prosecuting a MP after his immunity was lifted. He is investigated for money laundering in particularly large proportions

Anticorruption prosecutors, together with the NAC officers, are conducting searches in several locations, on Thursday, regarding a member of the Parliament and some of his accomplices.

The criminal prosecution actions are being carried out after the Parliament approved the lifting of the immunity of a member of parliament, at the request of the interim Prosecutor General.

The MP is under criminal investigation for reasonable suspicion of money laundering in particularly large proportions.

According to the materials of the case, the criminal case was started in August 2021, at the notification of the National Integrity Authority. The facts investigated date back to 2011, when the deputy was the founder and director of a limited liability company. He, together with other persons, allegedly drew up fictitious loan agreements with various individuals, in the amount of 3.2 million lei.

Also, in November 2014, the company represented by the MP allegedly drew up another loan agreement with a natural person, in the amount of 376,700 lei. Furthermore, between December 2014 and October 2015, his wife allegedly drew up 16 fictitious loan agreements with various individuals in the total amount of 4.7 million lei for the construction of a commercial building in Chisinau.

Also, during 2015, the MP, acting on the basis of power of attorney issued on behalf of his wife, allegedly deposited in the bank accounts of the economic agent part of the financial means indicated above, coming from fictitious loans.

Thus, during the investigations and following the hearing of the persons who would have granted loans, the law enforcement officers found that the latter did not sign such loan agreements and they were not in the country at the time of the alleged loan. At the same time, it was found that the persons in question did not have sufficient legal income to justify the loans granted.

We remind, that every person is presumed to be innocent, until the final and irrevocable decision of the court is pronounced.