Marina Tauber released from house arrest
MP Marina Tauber, accused of falsifying political party campaign finance reports and accepting illegal funding from an organised criminal group, has been released from house arrest. The judges of the Chisinau Buiucani court rejected the request of the prosecutors, who asked for the measure to be extended. However, the judges decided that Tauber should be placed under judicial control for 60 days, Moldova 1 reports.
At the start of the hearing, the MP's lawyers asked for the case prosecutor, Ghennadi Epure, to be recused. The court rejected the request as unfounded. In turn, the prosecutors asked for the extension of the preventive measure against Marina Tauber, but again the judges did not grant it.
Criminal proceedings against Marina Tauber were launched early last year. She is accused of falsifying reports on the financing of the electoral campaign of the outlawed Șor party and accepting illegal funding from an organised criminal group.
"On some counts she is charged as an organizer, the person who directed the acceptance and distribution of this money, on some counts as the perpetrator. The indictment includes more than 20 people to be heard as witnesses for the prosecution in this case," said the case prosecutor, Ghennadi Epure.
For the offence committed, the law provides for punishment in the form of a fine in the amount of 57,500 to 92,500 lei or imprisonment from 2 to 7 years, in both cases with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or exercise certain activities for a period of 2 to 5 years, and the legal entity is punished with a fine in the amount of 250,000 to 450,000 lei with deprivation of the right to exercise a certain activity or liquidation of the legal entity. Tauber pleads not guilty.
