The National Anticorruption Center said the four persons arrested on July 15 in the case of the frauds committed at Banca de Economii (BEM) will be officially charged with money laundering today, July 16, and could be remanded in custody. Recently, the anticorruption prosecutors and officers of the Center carried out searches and seized relevant materials, IPN reports, quoting a communique of the Center.
A businessman from Romania, who is suspected of collusion in money laundering, was summoned for questioning in the same case. He didn’t yet come and will be thus summoned again. If he ignores the summons again, he will be put on the wanted list. The arrested persons are also involved in a case of fraud in Romania.
The four were classed as suspects and were placed under arrest for 72 hours. After these are charged, the prosecutors will request the court to remand them in custody. They face up to ten years in jail.
Two of those arrested are related to the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vlad Filat. On a social networking site, the politician said he realizes why such actions are taken now, when the negotiations on the formation of a pro-European ruling alliance are close to an end.
