The mayor of the city of Corbeanka in Ilfov County, Anton Valeriu, was detained by DNA, accused by the prosecutor’s office of receiving a bribe of several million euros for the restitution of some lands, court sources told HotNews.ro. The mayor of Corbeanca, who has been in office since 2008, mentioned in his latest declaration about debts to the bank and to three individuals in the amount of almost 1.4 million euros.

A mediator was detained together with the mayor.

Cited judicial sources report that Mayor Corbeanka is accused of several acts of bribery. On one of them, he would secretly receive more than 1.4 million euros.

In this case, the prosecutor’s office conducted searches on Thursday at several addresses, including the headquarters of the Kyazhna city hall and the mayor’s house, DNA clarified that it is about corruption crimes committed in 2011-2017. According to some judicial sources, the investigation concerns the retrocession of some lands.

Great personal loans

Anton Valeriu (PMP) has been the mayor of Corbeanca since 2008.

His latest wealth declaration, filed in June 2022, shows that the Corbeanque mayor owes nearly €1.4 million to a bank and three individuals. All loans were granted during 2008-2009.

Thus, he entered in the property declaration a bank loan in the amount of 287,000 euros (contract in 2008, maturity date – 2029), as well as loans from individuals: 555,000 euros from Neagu Valentin, 336,000 euros from Buchumeanu Florin Marian, 185,000 euros from Tetuc Dumitru. All loans were granted during 2008-2009.

In the “Income” section, the mayor mentioned only the salary from the town hall – 87,500 lei per year and the salary of his wife, a sales agent in Corbeanca.

According to the latest property declaration, Anton Valeriu has several urban plots of more than 6,000 square meters in Corbeanca and Bufta and a house of 284 square meters in Corbeanca. He is also associated with 50% in SC DVS Frigos SRL.