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Daniel Tudorache, a former mayor of Sector 1, was under judicial control on Saturday morning, after being listened to all night by DNA prosecutors. A bond of 1 million euros was imposed in his name. The same case also ordered the initiation of a criminal proceeding against two other people, the ex-wife of Tudorache and a natural person from the former mayor’s entourage.
Update 9:15. DNA prosecutors announced in a statement the charges against Daniel Tudorache, both as mayor of Sector 1, as deputy mayor but as a deputy. It is about complicity in influence peddling and money laundering.
“In the same case, a criminal proceeding was also ordered against two other people, his ex-wife and a natural person in the mayor’s entourage, for the crime of complicity in money laundering and influence peddling,” DNA said.
All three defendants received bail, which must be posted by November 27, 2020, prosecutors say.
So:
– 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 the entourage of the defendant Tudorache Daniel 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 interested party agrees to intervene, on behalf of the mayor, 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 broker “, It reads in the DNA indictment.
In the activities described, the person who trafficked with his influence would have been supported by the then mayor Tudorache Daniel. It would have reinforced the employer’s belief that the commission applicant was his envoy and that he had to keep in touch with him for the proper functioning of the contract. In this way, Tudorache Daniel would have confirmed the true character of the influence. In fact, there is a reasonable suspicion that the then mayor Tudorache Daniel was the main beneficiary of the sums received by the person from his entourage, ”the investigators also point out.
Daniel Tudorache allegedly used the housekeeper to hide the source of the illegal money (DNA)
DNA also states that “during the period in which he held public office (2008-2018), the defendant Tudorache Daniel would have benefited from sums of money disproportionately high compared to his legal income.”
‘In order to hide the origin of the sums of money allegedly obtained illegally, he allegedly brought two people (the wife and the housekeeper), who acted as the apparent owners of the sums of money so that, through the two, the sums are entered into the civil circuit. The money thus introduced into the civil circuit would have been used to pay for trips abroad, jewelry, luxury clothing both in the country and abroad, cars, real estate, private schools, loans, constitution of deposits, ”I also say prosecutors.
According to them, in the 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 committed the crime of money laundering consisting of at:
– deposit sums of money in cash through the ex-wife and the housekeeper, in bank accounts opened in their name, a total of 2,990,000 lei and 235,000 euros;
– the purchase of real estate on behalf 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;
– the purchase of jewelery, including diamonds, the value of which will be determined (tax invoices were identified for various jewels, including: a ring worth 58,500 euros, a set of jewelry worth $ 64,225, a diamond ring 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;
– Joint venture with a private company for the amount of 640,000 euros, also through the ex-spouse;
all with funds suspected of being the result of crimes. “
„On November 21, 2020, the defendant Tudorache Daniel and the other two defendants were informed of the procedural quality in accordance with the provisions of art. 309 Code of Criminal Procedure.
Regarding the second case in which a series of domiciliary searches were carried out on November 19, 2020, the information will be made public when the legal situation allows it.
We specify that the initiation of the criminal action is a stage of the criminal process regulated by the Criminal Procedure Code, an activity that cannot, in any case, violate the principle of presumption of innocence ”, state the prosecutors.
Anti-corruption prosecutors set a bond of 1 million euros in the case of Daniel Tudorache, and in the case of his ex-wife they set a bond of 200,000 euros.
The former mayor’s lawyer announced this morning, after hearings that lasted 12 hours, that he will challenge the bail in court.
“He cannot make statements, having quality in this case. From our point of view, these are issues that need to be clarified with documents. Tablet purchases were legal, ”said the defender of the former mayor.
Regarding the other file, he said that “it is absolutely impossible to remember what they did 12-14 years ago, so we will probably produce new tests in the coming days. I think we will clarify at least 99% of the issues under discussion. “
Dan Tudorache is a suspect in two corruption cases, for crimes assimilated to corruption and money laundering, and was the target of several searches two days ago. In one case, purchases of tablets for children are investigated, while the other refers to alleged events from the 2006-2007 period.
Publisher: GC
