Influence peddling scheme dismantled by the NAC and Cahul municipal prosecutors. Two people detained for 72 hours

The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC), together with Cahul municipal prosecutors, detained two people following searches carried out in a criminal case based on influence peddling. According to the investigation materials, the suspects allegedly demanded and received various amounts of money from several citizens, claiming that they could influence the members of the Commission for the Examination of Knowledge in the Field of Industrial Security for the issuance of certificates of education and professional competence. In exchange for the money, the documents were allegedly obtained without the beneficiaries physically showing up for the training classes.

At the same time, anticorruption officers carried out criminal investigation actions in another influence peddling case, in which one of the men mentioned was targeted for acting in complicity with a third person. They allegedly claimed to have influence over the members of the medical commissions and allegedly demanded and received illicit financial means for the completion of the medical certificates necessary to obtain a driving license and professional competence certificates, without physically appearing at the medical commission.

At the moment, two of the suspects were detained for 72 hours and were placed in isolation, and the third is being investigated at liberty.

Investigations into the case continue to establish all the circumstances and identify the entire circle of people involved. The NAC reminds that any person shall be presumed innocent until a final and irrevocable court decision is rendered.