The President of the Basarabeasca Territorial Office of a former political party, investigated by the NAC, APO and SIS, was sentenced to 3 years in prison. The court ordered the confiscation of over 1.75 million lei for the benefit of the state

The Chisinau Court, Buiucani seat, pronounced the sentence of conviction regarding the President of the Basarabeasca Territorial Office of a former political party, regarding the commission of the crime of complicity in knowingly accepting financing of the political party from an organized criminal group.

The court imposed a prison sentence of 3 years to be served in a semi-closed penitentiary and deprived him of the right to exercise activities related to accounting and financial organization within political parties, as well as deprivation of membership in political parties for a period of 4 years.

Until the final sentence is rendered, the preventive measure of preventive arrest was applied to him, and he was announced wanted.
Also, from the defendant's account, the confiscation of over 1.75 million lei was ordered for the benefit of the state, as monetary means used to commit the crime. The seizure applied to the defendant's assets was maintained.

According to the evidence administered by the National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC), jointly with the Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (APO) and the Information and Security Service (SIS), the defendant, acting as President of the Basarabeasca Territorial Office of the former political party, knowing that the party was financed by an organized criminal group, would have contributed to the acceptance of this illegal financing, providing information and resources to support the party.

Thus, the defendant would have accepted, through complicity, consciously, to receive money from the criminal group, in the amount of over 1.75 million lei, money obtained illegally and used for the party's activities (organizing protests and remunerating participants), with the aim of influencing politics in the Republic of Moldova and obtaining power through illegal means.
The sentence can be appealed to the Central Court of Appeal within 15 days.

Note: The person accused of committing a crime is presumed innocent as long as his guilt is not established by a final court decision.