Anticorruption prosecutors last year sent to court three more criminal cases related to the “bank fraud” case, including cases against the former leader of the Democratic Party Vlad Plahotniuc. In total, seizures to the value of over 1.2 billion lei were applied in the three cases, shows a report by the Prosecutor General’s Office presented at the online General Assembly of Prosecutors on Thursday, IPN reports.

Acting Prosecutor General Ion Munteanu said that the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office dedicated resources and made effort to fight corruption among high-ranking officials and corruption schemes that caused damage of hundreds of millions of lei. Among the most significant results is the passing of a final conviction sentence against Ilan Shor, to 15 years in prison and ordering of the collection of over 5.2 billion lei damages, in the “bank fraud” case.

The significant results include a 7-year jail sentence given to a judge for passive corruption and the identification and seizure of assets worth €80 million in a number of high-profile cases.

According to the report, more high-ranking officials were indicted last year, including a former prime minister, former ministers and a deputy minister, as well as eight MPs, prosecutors, a judge and others.

It was also possible to investigate and sent to court multiple criminal cases referring to the illegal financing of political parties and corruption in elections, in which over 10 million lei was seized during the carried out searches.