The Center for Fighting Economic Crimes and Corruption (CCCEC) proposed heavy fines and even jail for natural and juridical persons who falsify accounting documents to hide corruption acts. The proposal was voted in first reading by the lawmakers, Info-Prim Neo reports. Deputy director of CCCEC Gheorghe Rusu said that penalties would be imposed on those who issue bills or other accounting papers with false or incomplete information and for the ill-purpose omission of accounting a payment in order to hide some corruption acts. The fine for natural persons rises to 20,000 lei. The penalty also provides for 180 to 240 hours of community service or 3 years of prison. In both cases, the sentenced will be banned from a certain job or activity for a period of up to 5 years. If the papers are falsified by a legal entity, the fine can rise to 50,000 lei with a ban from certain activities for 2 to 5 years. If it’s an organized criminal group, the fine will go up to 80,000 lei and imprisonment of up to 7 years.