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A lawyer and an intermediary, referred to justice for influence peddling
17.02.2023
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The Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office announces the completion of the criminal investigation and referral to the court for substantive examination of the criminal case accusing a lawyer and an intermediary from the municipality of Bender, for committing the crime of influence peddling.
The criminal investigation was started by the criminal investigation body of the National Anticorruption Center (NAC) on September 29, 2022, based on the whistleblowing of the concubine of a defendant on a criminal case for attempted murder, the latter being in preventive detention.
According to the complaint, in the period from August to September 2022, the two accused, one of whom practiced the profession of lawyer and participated in the capacity of defender of the defendant mentioned above, in the criminal case accusing him of committing the crime of attempted murder, claiming towards the defendant's concubine that they can influence the judge, who is in charge of the criminal case, to issue a milder sentence. They claimed and received from her monetary means in several installments in the total amount of 6400 US dollars.
The intermediary is investigated in preventive detention, and the lawyer has the obligation not to leave the country for a period of 60 days.
The accused partially admit their guilt, and the criminal case was transferred to the judiciary, to be examined by the Anenii Noi Court, Bender headquarters.
If they are found guilty of committing the crime, the defendants risk a fine of 150,000 to 200,000 lei or imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
Note: A person accused of committing a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a final court decision.