A former functionary who held administrative posts at the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of the Interior faces three to seven years in jail for influence peddling. This was arrested by prosecutors of the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases last night, IPN reports.

Vitalie Busuioc, deputy chief prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases, told a news conference that the arrested person is suspected of asking for sums of money for exerting influence on persons of the Office and of courts of law to persuade these drop the case against a person in remand detention who is investigated in the case of illegal sale of land in Stauceni commune. For this service he asked €45,000.

As a result of searches that lasted for over ten hours, the money transmitted under the control of prosecutors was found. The €45,000 was hidden by a relative of the suspect.

Prosecutor Vasile Golban, of the same Prosecutor’s Office, said that after the money was found, the suspect expressed his readiness to cooperate with the investigation bodies.

The name of the ex-functionary will be made public after this is charged officially.