Lawyer Vitalie Taulean accuses the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s s Office of abuse and misuse of power. In a news conference at IPN, the lawyer spoke about two criminal cases started against his wife Elena Taulean over non-declaration of property and incomes and over a conflict of interests. According to the lawyer, the prosecutors have carried out investigations into these cases for about two years, but haven’t yet presented evidence to prove the woman’s guilt.

Vitalie Taulean invoked political reasons, noting that he and his wife are inconvenient to the system. According to him, the criminal cases were started after a news conference given in November 2014, where he presented proofs of the laundering of over 4 million lei by a ruling party through the Party for Nation and Country.

The lawyer noted that one of the cases was started at the request of the National Integrity Commission, which ascertained that Elena Taulean, serving as director of the Theoretical Lyceum “Toader Bubuioc” of Bubuieci village, intentionally didn’t declare property and money.

According to the woman, she has been investigated for two years for not declaring incomes of 19,000 lei and this is mockery. Moreover, the school’s accountant made a mistake and it is not her fault. She is also accused of not declaring a plot situated near her house and two vehicles – a car of her husband which she hasn’t seen in their yard since 2000 and her son’s car – and 11 bank accounts about which Elena Taulean said she didn’t know that these weren’t closed after they repaid the bank loan. “I never thought that the loan can yield income when it is repaid,” said the lawyers’ wife.

The second criminal case refers to a conflict of interests. According to the Taulean family, this was started because their daughter held an auxiliary post at the lyceum managed by Elena Taulean.

If she is found guilty, Elena Taulean will be fined or even jailed and will be banned from holding public posts.