Senate Chairman Accused Of Receiving $800,000 Bribe While Serving As Prime Minister

DNA prosecutors accuse Tariceanu of receiving the bribe from representatives of an Austrian company in exchange for approving several additional clauses to a state contract, with the sum representing 10% of the clauses’ value.

The money, received through multiple fictitious contracts signed with offshore entities in 2007 and 2008 – when the current Senate Chairman was serving as the country’s prime minister – was then used to finance the 2008 parliamentary electoral campaign.

It is speculated that the contract in question was a softwarre licensing agreement with Microsoft, mediated by local representatives of former German-Japanese joint venture Fujitsu-Siemens Computers.

According to DNA, the case was started at the request of Austrian authorities and was merged with two other cases regarding the same contract.

Prosecutors are investigating offences of bribery and complicity to bribery committed by multiple individuals in the case.

The DNA request was received by the Senate on Thursday, and was sent by General Prosecutor Augustin Lazar, judicial sources told MEDIAFAX.

Senators will have to decide whether they lift the ruling coalition co-leader’s immunity to allow indictment in the case.

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