The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announces that it has sent another individual to court for complicity in the illegal financing of the political party “ALDE,” after completing the criminal investigation. Prosecutors state that the accused admitted guilt through an agreement concluded on August 8, as part of the criminal case launched in 2023.
The authorities transferred the case to the Chisinau Court, Buiucani branch, for substantive examination.
“Based on the evidence gathered by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, together with the National Anti-Corruption Center and the Intelligence and Security Service, in June 2023, Ilan Shor, leader of the criminal group ‘Shor,’ instigated the accused to participate in the crime of illegally financing a political party. The accused acted as an intermediary, transmitting money from the organized criminal group to the secretary general of the ALDE party, to strengthen the party,” reports the PA.
“Between June and September 2023, the accused transferred USD 452,700 (equivalent to 8,110,658.98 MDL) from the organized criminal group to the ALDE party’s secretary general,” continues the PA.
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At the time the accused committed the crime, the law imposed a fine ranging from 42,500 to 67,500 lei or sentenced offenders to imprisonment for 3 to 6 years. After the accused accepted the admission of guilt agreement, the authorities reduced the penalty limits by one-third.
Previously, Chisinau Court, Buiucani branch, sentenced Adrian Culai, the party’s former secretary general, to 4 years of suspended imprisonment for “knowingly accepting party financing from an organized criminal group.” Culai will remain under supervision for one year and must pay a fine of 200,000 lei.