The Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) is investigating a case on embezzlement committed at Mărculești International Airport by the management who ran the company in 2018.
In addition to embezzlement, the management is suspected of tax evasion and money laundering. According to preliminary estimates, the damage caused to company and state budget exceeds 10 million lei.
The documentation carried out by the SIS officers, in coordination with the PCCOCS, revealed that the investigated actions took place between 2012 and 2018 and are related to the fact that a significant part of the companies providing services for the Airport were affiliated to a decision-maker of the Airport in office at that time. In order to conceal the illegalities, another manager of the Airport smuggled out important documents from the employees’ offices, which could not be added to archives and subsequently examined by law enforcement officers.
Therefore, on the morning of April 1, law enforcement officers launched searches at multiple addresses in Chișinău and Bălți of former decision-makers of the company, in order to gather evidence for further investigations.
Note: During the criminal investigation, persons named in the case, including the accused ones, rely on the presumption of innocence.