Alexandr Stoianoglo is a defendant in a new criminal case
Suspended Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo was indicted on Wednesday on charges of illicit enrichment in a case brought last year in which he was a suspect. The information was confirmed by Alexandr Stoianoglo's lawyers.
The charges include the purchase of an apartment that was registered in the name of one of the suspended prosecutor general's daughters. Stoianoglo claims that he did not hold any public office at the time of the purchase of the property and therefore cannot be the subject of a criminal case.
Anti-corruption prosecutors have targeted the Stoianoglo family's income accumulated in 2014, when Alexandr Stoianoglo was a deputy.
According to the investigators, the level of actual income exceeded by almost 70 thousand lei the amount of income declared to the tax authorities. The case was also prompted by the purchase of a car worth 340 thousand lei.
Alexandr Stoianoglo was detained on 5 October 2021 and suspended from office. He was under house arrest until March 2022. He is being investigated for passive bribery, false statements, abuse of office and exceeding the duties of his office. The suspended head of the Prosecutor General's Office denies all charges and pleads not guilty.
