The National Anticorruption Center completed the investigation into the criminal case involving a division head of the State Main Tax Inspectorate and two alleged businessmen. The case was sent to prosecutors, who will remit it to court within 15 days, IPN reports.
In a communiqué, the Center says that at the beginning of February, three persons were arrested on suspicion of money laundering, passive corruption and traffic of influence. A number of searches were carried out, including at a bank in Chisinau. In a safe deposit box belonging to a person close to one of those arrested, there was found US$15,000, US$5,300 of which was from the first tranche transmitted under the control of anticorruption officers.
A week ago, one of the suspects was put under house arrest, even if the prosecutors asked investigating him under arrest. He soon escaped and was put on the wanted list, with an arrest warrant being issued against him.
