The ex-MP of the Democratic Party Vladimir Andronachi, his wife and the family’s jurist were charged in the bank fraud case. The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office indicted the three for swindle and money laundering in considerable amounts in the interests of an organized criminal group, IPN reports.
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, at the request of prosecutors, judges issued a warrant for the arrest of the former MP and put him on the wanted list. His wife and jurist are investigated outside remand, but were banned from leaving the country.
On September 23, the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, together with the Security and Intelligence Service, carried out searches in an episode concerning the bank fraud. The prosecutors discovered evidence of money laundering as about 32 million lei was stolen from Banca de Economii on the false pretext of an investment made at this bank. The criminal acts of the three culminated at the final stage of the bank fraud was committed, which is during November 24-27, 2014.
As a result of the searches, there were seized electronic devices, documents, money and other relevant items. Simultaneously, the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office confiscated property of those involved.
