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Office for Money Laundering investigates declarations on setting up DA Alliance
The National Office for Prevention of Money Laundering (ONPCSB) began an investigation following PNL senator Sorin Rosca Stanescu’s statements that DA Alliance had benefitted from illegal financing in 2004.The spokesperson for ONPCSB, Claudia Oncica was asked whether the Office had started an investigation on transactions made through the accounts of DA Alliance in 2004.“According to special law 656/2002, the Office analyzes suspicious transactions. The answer is yes, the office was informed about a suspicious transaction,” the spokesperson said.
Senator Sorin Rosca Stanescu made a public declaration on Wednesday and accused the fact that campaign accounts of DA Alliance received 7 million US dollars which were not declared in the Official Monitor according to the law.He said that in 2004 7 million dollars were transferred to the account opened at Bancpost Bucharest by DA Alliance on 4.12 and 19 November.At that time Traian Basescu was president of DA Alliance.
Rosca Stanescu says that the 7 million dollars came from Laiki Bank Cyprus and the payments were made by means of the banks Brown Brothers Harriman and Corporation and Bank of Canton of San Francisco California.
He presented documents referring to the transactions. In four of the five documents the ordering customer was Comac Ltd, a company who had entrusted Sorin Ovidiu Vantu.
Bogdan Opres, Traian Basescu’s spokesman declared on Wednesday that “all these lies” will be part of the trial initiated by president Basescu at Sector 2 Court Bucharest, file number 27344/300/2013.