A superior sub-officer of the Border Police Sector “Chisinau International Airport” was sentenced to five years in jail for asking and taking €50 for not determining the authenticity of an apparently false Covid test. According to prosecutors, the culprit was also fined 300,000 lei and was banned from holding public posts with a special status at the Ministry of Home Affairs and its subdivisions for a seven-year period, IPN reports.
The criminal case was started in June 2021 after the National Anticorruption Center learned about this case. The culprit, knowing that the victim didn’t obey the self-isolation regime, asked and received €50 for not checking the authenticity of the presented Covid test. He allowed the passenger to cross the state border without holding this accountable.
The investigation lasted for about six months. The border police officer denied any wrongdoing. By the sentence passed on March 10, 2023, the court found him guilty of passive corruption. The money taken by the culprit was confiscated for the benefit of the state.
