The former head of the General Directorate of Urban Mobility, Vitalie Mihalache, will be investigated while at liberty. The preventive judicial control measure applied to him expires on July 4th. On July 2nd, the Chisinau Court, Ciocana headquarters, rejected the prosecutor’s request to extend the preventive measure. The case prosecutor will challenge the conclusion with an appeal.
“The criminal investigation on the case is in full swing, with prosecutorial actions being carried out in over 20 criminal episodes, with evidence being gathered for each of these episodes. Seven accused individuals are being investigated within the case, including two employees of the City Hall, who are charged with corruption and abuse of power,” stated in a response to IPN Violina Moraru, responsible for communication of the Prosecutor General’s Office with media representatives.
The second employee of the Capital City Hall, targeted in the case, is obliged not to leave the country.
At the end of last year, the Chisinau Court, Ciocana headquarters, decided to detain the seven people arrested by the National Anticorruption Center in several cases involving public procurement fraud. Preventive arrest warrants were issued for 30 days for the former head of the General Directorate of Urban Mobility and his deputy. In March of this year, the decision was made to release Vitalie Mihalache from house arrest. He remains suspended from duty.
