The mayor of Botoshani, Kosmin Andriy, investigated under the judicial control of DNA after he allegedly provided a candidate for deputies with a list of subjects, and she fraudulently participated in the competition, was reported to the National Anti-Corruption Directorate even by her husband. , with whom, according to the resolution of the prosecutor’s office, the mayor had a close relationship.

DNA announced on Friday that the mayor of Botosani, Kosmin Jonuts Andrej, has been placed under judicial control for 60 days for the crime of using in any way, directly or indirectly, information that is not intended to be made public, or providing unauthorized persons access to them. information for the purpose of obtaining money, goods or other unlawful benefit for oneself or another person.

The prosecutor’s office accuses the mayor of the fact that in the summer of 2021 he provided a candidate for the position of councilor with a list of subjects, and she fraudulently withdrew the competition.

In the order, the investigators show that, from the first checks, it appears that the husband of the candidate received the documents containing the subject options, which were given to his wife the day before the exam, writes Agerpres.

• “According to the minutes of January 25, the judicial police officer delegated to the case contacted Christian-Maricell Gritzu by phone, who told him that he was currently working in Italy as a TIR driver and that he had some documents. presenting the subjects for the examination on August 26, 2021, which his wife Cristina-Geanina Gritsou was conducting for a position at the Botosani Local Taxes and Fees Office.
• He has these documents from his wife, who received them in the summer of 2021 and brought to the house representing the couple’s residence, documents that Christian-Marichele Gritzu later took and kept in a building in the municipality of Botosani, to which his friend belongs. access,” the document says.

According to the order, the candidate admitted that she would have received the items from Mayor Botosani, saying that she had lost the documents at home, which were later found and collected by her husband.

• “After being heard on January 25, the witness Christina-Geanina Gritsou confirmed that she received the subject options proposed by the members of the competition commission on August 26, 2021, the day before the exam, i.e. August 25, 2021, directly from the mayor of Botosani. of the municipality, Kosmin-Ionuts Andrey, with whom the witness had a close relationship.
• The witness stated that in the summer of 2021, she discussed with the Mayor of Botosani Kosmin-Ionuts Andrii the possibility of taking one of the three positions put up for competition in the Department of Taxes and Fees, a unit subordinate to the City Hall.
• The witness told the mayor that it would help her if the educational material was limited to certain options of subjects.
• In this context, immediately before the day of the competition, the mayor Andrii Kosmin-Ionuts handed him some technically redacted documents containing variants of the items that were to be submitted at the competition, that is, he met with him in the city of Botoshan, at the appointed place together . (…)
• The witness shows that she later lost the documents she received from the mayor of Kosmin-Ionuts Andrey, which represented the variants of the items, then they were found by her husband, who confirmed to her in the summer of 2023 that the documents were in his custody, “- prosecutors show.

Andriy Kosmin has been the president of the Botoshan PSD Municipal Organization since October 2023.

• The mayor of PSD from Botoshani, Kosmin Andrii, who was tested for DNA, withdrew from all positions in the party

He was elected mayor on the PSD list in 2020. He is in his first term after eight years as Botoshani’s deputy mayor.

According to the declaration, Andriy Kosmin has no land or property. Instead, a loan of 50,000 lei is indicated, which he granted in his personal name, but the full name of the beneficiary is indicated. As for the mayor’s income, he collected 154,261 lei, the mayor’s allowance.