Anticorruption prosecutors, officers of the National Anticorruption Center and tax inspectors carried out over 50 searches at a number of firms that provide gambling services. There was also searched the office of the deputy head of the Licensing Chamber, who is suspected of helping a businessman to avoid paying state taxes in exchange for remuneration. There were seized documents and other relevant evidence for starting a criminal case.

According to a press release of the National Anticorruption Center, quoted by IPN, the owner of eight gaming firms implemented a scheme to avoid paying taxes to the state. The businessman benefitted from grace periods during which he didn’t pay the license tax.

It was estimated that about 21 million lei was to be transferred to the state budget as license tax during a year for those approximately 1,000 gaming machines.

Anticorruption prosecutors and prosecution officers are investigating the case to determine the damage caused to the state and the complicity of a number of state functionaries.