Stela Mihalachi, co-founder of the group of companies instrumente.md, said that after her husband died, she and her minor daughter became victims of “an organized criminal group” led by her husband’s brother. Her lawyer Cristina Doga stated that the woman and her daughter have faced a series of injustices following the death of her husband in 2016. Her brother-in-law, who is the child’s uncle, took measures to dispossess them of inheritance.
In a news conference at IPN, Stela Mihalachi said that together with her minor daughter, she inherited a 34% holding in the group of companies instrumente.md. “The business was started in 2007 by my husband Todica Andrei, his brother Todica Vadim and Rotaru Viorel. The same year, there was created the brand instrumente.md. Being the administrator, my brother-in-law Todica Vadim in a fradulent way registered the brand instrumente.md and nother brands in his name. Since the business was started, we have invested financial resources owned by the family, my husband and also Rotaru family. We also acted as sureties, grantors for a number of loans. For example, I and Viorel Rotaru put up real estate as collateral for loans raised by the companies of the group. During 15 years, the business has been developed. The gained money was reinvested in the company. Problems started after my husband’s death in 2016,” related Stela Mihalachi.
She then remained with her minor daughter aged five and the dividends from the common business were their only source of income, but these stopped to be paid. “My brother-in-law Todica Vadim was categorically against me and my daughter coming into the inheritance we received after my husband died. My husband invested money in the company and this fact is confirmed by the original loan agreements and by bank documents. When we asked that the loans should be repaid, we received an official response from the company’s administrator Rusu Andrian, saying that there are no such contracts in the accounting office and that they are also overdue,” said Stela Mihalachi.
The woman noted that she identified a number of illegalities committed by the administrator of the companies together with Todica Vadim, who manages the business from behind. She notified the law enforcement agencies of these so that the companies could be inspected. “The attempts made by the majority shareholders who own 67% of the shares to use their rights bothers Todica Vadim, as does an audit that can reveal the wrongdoings committed at the companies, including large-scale tax evasions and misappropriation,” stated Stela Mihalachi. She said that she filed a number of complaints to the State Tax Service and the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office. Some of the complaints remained without an answer, while the responses to the others said that the elements of an offense in the actions of decision makers of the companies were absent.
Lawyer Cristina Doga said that Vadim Todica is the final beneficiary who manages the business instrumente.md through the agency of intermediaries and this seems to be an organized criminal group. “One of the goals is to dispossess the minor child and the mother of the legal inheritance left by the child’s father, the late husband. We have evidence showing that the economic activities, together with all the assets of the group of companies that run instrumente.md, were signed over to a number of companies registered in the name of persons affiliated to Todica Vadim,” she stated.
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