- Date: 2026-06-06
- Subject: Unofficial payment of salaries to foreign workers and tax evasion
- Actors: General Anti-Fraud Directorate of the State Tax Service (regulator); Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (regulator)
Law enforcement officers detained the head of a construction company on suspicion of paying “under-the-table” salaries to more than 170 foreign workers without formal employment contracts. According to the investigation, the state suffered damages exceeding 4 million lei in unpaid taxes. The operation was carried out by officers of the General Anti-Fraud Directorate of the State Tax Service under the direction of prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases. A criminal case has been initiated against the detainee for tax evasion.
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