The prosecutors’ request to remand the suspended head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office Viorel Morari in custody was rejected by the Ciocana branch of the Chisinau City Court.
The spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General’s Office Maria Vieru has told IPN that the prosecutors will challenge the ordinary court’s judgment in the Chisinau City Appeals Court.
Viorel Morari was arrested on January 19 and was indicted for the fabrication of a case by order. He was charged on four counts, namely abuse of power, falsification of public documents, illegal detention or arrest and intentional investigation of an innocent person. The suspected illegalities were committed in the case of brothers Igor and Adrian Borș, co-owners of the network of Vento gas stations, who were recently rehabilitated after it was concluded that in 2018 they were persecuted, arrested and dispossessed of property and illegally held accountable in a case started by order.
Viorel Morari was also arrested in January 2020 on charges of abuse of power, falsification of public documents and interference in prosecution. The case was sent to court one month later. Also then, the PGO announced that it started one more case against Morari, over unjust enrichment and laundering of considerable amounts of money by using his position.
Viorel Morari pleads not guilty. Until the last arrest, he was under judicial control.
