A former employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been placed under judicial control for falsifying payrolls, causing a damage of over 8 million lei.

Lavinia-Daniela Păune, a former official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been placed under judicial control on bail, having to deposit 500,000 lei. She is accused of falsifying 176 payment orders, illegally transferring salaries to herself and two unemployed individuals, causing a damage of 8,412,028 lei to the MAE budget. DNA prosecutors have opened a criminal case for abuse of office, forgery in official documents, and use of forgery. Păune used software to modify salary data, and the undue amounts were transferred to her accounts. During the judicial control, she must comply with certain obligations, including not leaving the country without the prosecutors' approval. Three searches have been carried out in this case.