The so-called ‘businessmen’ who were arrested in a case of money laundering, passive corruption and traffic of influence three days ago were put under arrest for 25 days, while the employee of the State Main Tax Inspectorate – for 20 days. The arrest warrants were issued by the Buiucani Court on February 6, IPN reports, quoting a communiqué from the National Anticorruption Center.

The suspects obliged economic entities to pay sums of millions of lei to them for ensuring protection on the part of the Tax Inspectorate.

The so-called ‘businessmen’ face up to seven years behind bars, while the Tax Inspectorate employee – up to ten years in jail and a fine of up to 60,000 lei.