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A lawyer, detained by the NAC for claiming a bribe of 1050 euros. She was caught when she was returning the money
01.07.2021 893 ViewsA lawyer was detained in flagrant by the NAC officers and anticorruption prosecutors in a case of influence peddling. She allegedly demanded and received 1050 euros from a man to help evade liability, being accused of drink driving without the driving license.
According to the materials of the case, the lawyer would have claimed that she has influence on prosecutors from the Chisinau Prosecutor’s Office of Botanica, that is conducting the criminal investigation in this case. Subsequently, the suspect informed the man that she could not solve the case, as it had been transmitted to a different prosecutor and she would return the money. Today, she met with the whistleblower at the Telecentru sector of the capital to give back the money, but she was detained by the NAC and anticorruption prosecutors, being suspected of influence peddling.
Currently, the woman is in the NAC detention center for 72 hours. If found guilty, she faces a criminal fine or up to 6 years in prison.
We remind, every person is presumed to be innocent until the final and irrevocable decision of the court is pronounced.
The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office is conducting the criminal investigation.