Andreshoy and two others were detained by the European Prosecutor’s Office for receiving funds from forested areas declared as pastures
The biggest sheep breeder V Romania and chairman of the Association of Sheep Breeders “Dacia” Dumitru Andreshoy was detained by European Public Prosecutor’s Officereports Digi24, quoted by BTA. He is accused of defrauding European funds worth more than 11.2 million lei (approximately BGN 4.5 million).
Together with him, two other people related to the association were detained. They and eight other suspects were detained by the officers of the General Anti-Corruption Directorate on Wednesday and taken for questioning to the office of the European Public Prosecutor in the Romanian city of Timisoara.
Judicial sources said that Andreshoy created an extremely complex mechanism to illegally obtain subsidies from European funds. In the period 2018-2023, it has concluded land lease contracts in the counties of Hunedoara, Arad, Timis, Harghita, Covasna, Valca, Brasov and Cluj. As they are mostly forested areas, they do not qualify for pasture maintenance subsidies, but Andreshoy officials falsify the data.
The inspection showed that 85% of the areas declared in ZDOI do not correspond to the officially leased ones.
For years, officials from the Romanian Agency for Payments in Agriculture (an analogue of the State Fund “Agriculture” – note ed.) in Hunedoara have been approving the settlement of subsidies, local media noted.
Andreshoy also attracted attention recently with his plan to buy a ship for five million euros to export sheep, adds agrointel.ro.
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