Bucharest District 1 Mayor Under Arrest for Corruption

Anti-corruption Directorate in Ploiesti held Bucharest District 1 mayor Andrei Chiliman on Thursday night (June 18), after hours of questioning in a corruption case.

They charged him with leading an organized crime group and accessory to influence peddling, according to an official DNA statement, cited by romania-insider.com.

Andrei Chiliman. Photo: enational.ro.

According to the prosecutors, Andrei Chiliman and three other associates used their influence to help some companies get public contracts from the District 1 City Hall in exchange for a fee of 10% to 15% of the contract value.

Some 30% of the money went to Chiliman while his three associates got 15% each and 10% went to Chiliman’s party, according to DNA. The remaining 15% would be used to pay off various other people who had to approve the contracts.

DNA said that Andrei Chiliman and his associates allegedly received some EUR 8.7 million from two companies that got a contract for thermal rehabilitation of blocks in District 1.

Andrei Chiliman is the second district mayor in Bucharest who has been arrested this year, after Marian Vanghelie, the District 5 mayor, who was also charged for corruption.

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