Valeriu Triboi has admitted to the official misconduct charges brought against him, and a sentence will be pronounced on August 22, announced prosecutor Dorin Compan today after the latest court hearing in the case of the former deputy economy minister.
Valeriu Triboi was arrested on March 31 following searches at the Ministry of Economy. He has been under house arrest ever since. On April 5, Valeriu Triboi was removed from office. In early August, the prosecutorial investigation was completed and his case sent to court. The former deputy minister faces a fine or up to six years in prison together with a ban on certain posts or activities for a period of up to ten years.
According to the prosecution, during 2014-2016, Valeriu Triboi abused his official capacity to buy a building from the state-run Moldtelecom, using intermediaries, and rent it out to the company Furnizarea Energiei Electrice Nord. Then he influenced the management of the company to spend 4 million lei on repairing the building, four times the price paid for the building itself.
