The vice president of the Anenii Noi territorial office of a former political party, investigated by the NAC, APO and SIS, was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison

The Chisinau Court, Buiucani, pronounced the sentence of conviction against the Vice President of the Anenii Noi territorial office of a former political party, for committing the crime of complicity in knowingly accepting financing of the political party from an organized criminal group. The court imposed a sentence of 4 years and 6 months in prison in a semi-closed penitentiary, as well as the mandatory complementary sentence of deprivation of the right to hold positions and to exercise administrative and financial management activities of political parties for a period of 4 years.

The preventive measure - preventive arrest, applied by the conclusion of the Chisinau Court (Buiucani seat) of July 3, 2025, as well as the search file for him - was maintained.

At the same time, the confiscation of over 2.9 million lei from the defendant's account for the benefit of the state was ordered, representing monetary means used to commit the crime. In view of the special confiscation, the seizure applied to the defendant's assets was maintained.

According to the evidence administered by the National Anti-corruption Centre, jointly with the Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office and the Information and Security Service, the defendant, acting as vice president of the Anenii Noi 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 2.9 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 is not final, it can be appealed to the Chisinau Court of Appeal within 15 days. The state prosecutor is to decide whether to challenge it.

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