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NAC and AP searched a former Member of Parliament in two cases on money laundering, illicit enrichment and false in declarations
25.03.2024
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The officers of the National Anti-corruption Centre and the anticorruption prosecutors searched several addresses in Chisinau and outside the city this morning in cases involving a former Member of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and his relatives. The former dignitary is suspected of money laundering, illicit enrichment and false in declarations.
According to the materials of the criminal case, the former MP obtained during the exercise of the position of public dignity in 2014 - 2019 a substantial increase of his personal patrimony and that of his family members which could not be reasonably justified in relation to his income obtained from the legal exercise of his duties in the positions held.
Among the acquired properties are listed movable assets, real estate owned including abroad, and to hide them, the ownership was registered to relatives and interposed persons.
Following the searches this morning, 400 thousand lei and 80 thousand euros were taken from the MP’s home, the origin of which is to be established. The suspected person is being investigated while at liberty.
The criminal investigation is carried out under the procedural leadership of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office.
Any person is presumed innocent until a final and irrevocable court decision is rendered.