Two years after his release from jail and one year after the dropping of charges in the case started over tax evasion and money laundering against him, businessman Valentin Eșanu is determined to make approaches to the law enforcement agencies so that the prosecutors, judges and employees of the Ministry of the Interior involved in the fabrication of the case are held accountable.
In a news conference at IPN, Valentin Eșanu said that it has been two years since he was set free from Penitentiary No. 13, but he hasn’t seen yet any concrete step aimed at holding the persons involved in the fabrication of the case against him accountable. He and other persons working at his company were arrested. Without reason, he was arrested and set free for three times during two years. He was released for a minute and was then handcuffed again at the prison’s gate on different pretexts.
The businessman said that those involved in the fabrication of the case against him continue to work in the system. Moreover, some of them were awarded and promoted. A part of them are featured in criminal cases, but even so they continue to attack him by different complaints so as to intimidate him and to exert pressure on key witnesses.
Valentin Eșanu said the complaint for holding those involved in the fabrication of cases accountable should be referred to the responsible bodies. He called on the other persons classed as victims in political cases to mobilize and file similar complaints.
Lawyer Eduard Rudenco said that Valentin Eșanu in 2013-2017 had been very active in politics and business (ferrous metals). When he became a direct rival of the state-run company “Metalferos”, he became the target of the final beneficiaries of the state-run business. Valentin Eșanu made also political statements, criticizing the Democratic Party and unveiling those involved in the bank theft and in other acts of appropriation of state assets.
In 2017, a criminal case was started on two counts – tax evasion and money laundering. Eșanu was deprived of freedom during two years. “He and another seven persons who worked at his company were arrested only due to the whims of Plahotniuc and other beneficiaries. There were confiscated tangible and intangible assets. The prosecutors asked to extend the arrest warrants. It’s a pity that all the law enforcement agencies ignored the evidence provided by my mates. The apogee was when those who represented the prosecution in court later asked to drop the charges without any remorse,” stated the lawyer.
According to him, all those involved in these fabricated cases should be held accountable so that they are held accountable as criminal organization, in accordance with the Penal Code.
