The DNA placed an ANAF inspector from Timișoara under judicial supervision

The DNA initiated criminal proceedings and placed under judicial control, for 60 days, Ion-Dacian Crainic, senior inspector at the Regional General Directorate of Public Finance (D.G.R.F.P.) Timișoara, a businessman, and another person, in a case involving influence peddling and buying influence.

According to prosecutors, the inspector allegedly accepted the promise of sums totaling 1.5 million euros to intervene with officials of ANAF Timișoara so that a company would receive a VAT refund of approximately 21 million lei. The money was allegedly to be disguised through service provision or management contracts.

Investigators claim that the promise was reiterated on 19 December 2025, when Crainic allegedly stated that one million euros was to go to him and his accomplice, while 500,000 euros was intended for the targeted officials.

In a second case, in March 2026, the inspector allegedly accepted, through an intermediary, the promise of 100,000 euros for the restoration of the VAT code and the refund of approximately five million lei.

The three defendants may not leave the country and may not communicate with the persons indicated by the prosecutors. Crainic was also prohibited from working at ANAF.