Prosecutors request arrest warrants for 4 defendants, detained by the NAC, in the case of embezzlement of national and foreign funds intended for infrastructure projects

Prosecutors requested the preventive arrest of four defendants in the case concerning acts of corruption and embezzlement of national and foreign funds intended for infrastructure projects. The hearings will be held today, February 25, in Balti.

At the same time, on February 24, an employee of the State Labour Inspectorate was detained. He is suspected of demanding and accepting 3,000 euros to cover up a work incident, resulting in the harm to an employee.

At the moment, in the present case:
• have the status of defendant – 5 people (the administrator and employees of an economic operator);
• suspect status – 3 people (1 employee of the State Labour Inspectorate and 2 mayors).

We remind that the NAC and prosecutors conducted searches and seizures of documents in several city halls in the centre, north and south of the country, as well as at the headquarters of an economic operator. The case concerns acts of corruption and embezzlement of national and foreign funds intended for infrastructure projects, financed from the National Fund for Regional and Local Development, through the National Office for Regional and Local Development (ONDRL), within the framework of the National Local Development Program "European Village" for the years 2024–2028 (edition II).

The criminal investigation in the case continues, and the persons concerned benefit from the presumption of innocence, according to the law.