Two people were arrested on Monday (August 18) and other five were placed under judicial control, being investigated for tax evasion and money laundering. The damage in this case is estimated at over EUR 100 million.

According to a statement of the Prosecutor’s Office from the Ploiesti Court of Appeal, cited by local Agerpres, eight people were questioned by prosecutors on Monday. Two of them, namely Berna Theodor, administrator at SC Tehnologica Radion SRL Bucuresti and SC Teloxim Con SRL Bucuresti, and Bujoreanu Florian, administrator at SC Proiect Alfa Capital SRL Bucuresti, were detained for 24 hours for tax evasion and money laundering.

Five others, also administrators of companies, were put under judicial control, being investigated for money laundering.

According to the statement, they’ve allegedly recorded fictitious commercial operations in the accountancy books and then made several money transfers in order to hide their illicit origin, amounts which were later withdrawn in cash from accounts of ghost companies, reports Agerpres.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com