The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announces that the process of examining the money collected during the raids carried out on Thursday in the case of illegal financing of the “Shor” party has been completed
The National Anti-Corruption Centre (CNA), under the leadership of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (PA), has completed the process of examining the money detected and seized during the raids carried out on Thursday, March 9, in the criminal case on illegal financing of the “Shor” political party.
As a result of the examination, according to the PA, the final amount was found to be 4 560 719 lei.
Total amounts after examination:
- 3 269 500 lei
- 64 490 euro
- 500 dollars
“A decision will be adopted next in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code in order to ensure the preservation of the money collected by the authorized institution,” PA representatives said in a statement.
As a result of the searches, the PA announced at the time that three people had been detained, in whose cars several sums of money “distributed in bags and envelopes in national and foreign currency in particularly large proportions” were allegedly found. The PA claimed that the sums involved were over 50,000 euros and over 2,500,000 lei, as well as lists of contact details of people who were supposed to “receive” the money.
“The raids were carried out in the cars of so-called party ‘couriers’, responsible for receiving and transporting the illegal money to the presidents and vice-presidents of territorial offices, who in turn were to pay for the transport and remunerate people coming to protests organised by the party,” the PA said in the published statement.
According to the PA, one of the persons allegedly involved in the receipt and transportation of money, against whom the Chisinau Ciocana Court on 20 February 2023 applied the preventive measure alternative to arrest (provisional release under judicial control), was repeatedly involved in the activity of receiving and transporting money.
