The head of the Sangerei State Tax Inspectorate was arrested by officers of the Nord Division of the National Anticorruption Center. The arrest was made in a passive corruption case, IPN reports, quoting a communiqué of the Center.
The functionary is suspected of organizing, together with other employees, a scheme to extort money from economic entities in exchange for favors for modifying documents drawn up as a result unplanned inspections or for imposing milder punishments.
The companies were offered services to have their activities protected in exchange for money.
The woman was put under arrest for 72 hours.