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Prosecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate announce that they have ordered the initiation of a criminal proceeding against Daniel Tudorache, former mayor of Sector 1 of Bucharest, for complicity in influence peddling and money laundering.
In the same case, a criminal proceeding was also ordered against two other natural persons, his ex-wife and a natural person from the mayor’s environment, for the crime of complicity in money laundering, respectively influence peddling.
At the same time, all three have been set a bond that must be submitted before November 27, 2020:
- 1,000,000 euros – Daniel Tudorache
- 200,000 euros – ex-wife
- 75,000 euros – natural person in the mayor’s delegation
Between September 2016 and May 2017, the person from Tudorache Daniel’s entourage allegedly demanded from a businessman a commission of 10% of the value of the service contract that the businessman had with an institution subordinate to the City Council Sector. 1.
In exchange for the money, the person agrees to intervene, on behalf of the mayor, with the responsible officials, so that the contract is carried out in good conditions (timely payment of bills and update of rates).
In exchange for the influence peddling, the person in the mayor’s entourage would have received the total amount of 105,000 lei in cash, as well as the amount of 8,640 lei disguised as payment of fictitious tax invoices issued by a company belonging to the influence seller.
In the activities described, the person who trafficked with his influence was allegedly supported by Tudorache Daniel. It would have reinforced the employer’s conviction that the applicant for the commission was his envoy and that he should keep in touch with him for the proper development of the contract. In this way, Daniel Tudorache would have confirmed the true character of the influence.
In fact, there is a reasonable suspicion that Tudorache Daniel was the main beneficiary of the sums received by the person from his entourage, according to DNA.
During his tenure (2008-2018), Tudorache Daniel allegedly received disproportionately large sums of money compared to his legal income. To hide the origin of the sums of money allegedly obtained illegally, he brought two people (the wife and the housekeeper), who acted as the apparent owners of the sums of money to introduce the sums through the two. in the civil circuit.
Money introduced in the civil circuit for travel, jewelry, private schools, houses and luxury clothes
The money thus introduced into the civil circuit would have been used to pay for trips abroad, jewelry, luxury clothing both from the country and abroad, cars, real estate, private schools, loans, and the constitution of deposits.
Specifically, in the reference period (2008-2018), in which Tudorache Daniel would have reached a total legal income of 605,782 lei (which represents an average of approximately one thousand euros per month), it is suspected that he had committed the crime of money laundering of capitals. money consisting of:
- deposit sums of money in cash through his ex-wife and housekeeper, into bank accounts opened in his name: a total of 2,990,000 lei and 235,000 euros;
- the purchase of a property in the name of the ex-wife for a total amount of 305,000 euros and 470,000 lei, amounts also paid in cash;
- granting a loan to a person, also in cash, for the amount of 920,000 euros, through his ex-wife;
- purchase of jewelry, including diamonds, the value of which will be determined (Tax invoices have been identified for various jewelry, including: a ring worth € 58,500, a jewelry set worth $ 64,225, a ring with a diamond worth $ 80,000 euros and a diamond worth 190,000 euros (advance 35,000 euros), a ring worth 65,000 euros, a set of earrings and a necklace with a pendant worth 11,200 euros, etc.),
- the purchase of shares in a football club, through his ex-wife,
- UTE with a private company for an amount of 640,000 euros, also through the ex-wife.
On November 21, 2020, Tudorache Daniel and the other two defendants were informed of the procedural capacity.
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