Lawyers Violeta Gashitoi and Roman Zadoinov consider that “in September 2013, the Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case on the basis of false documents, in which three people were suspected of misappropriation of the European Union funds”.

 

At a press conference on Friday, protecting one of the three people detained by the Prosecutor’s Office, Gashitoi said that “prosecutors have presented false evidences and had not reasons to arrest”.

 

“At the moment of detention our client was in her house. The Prosecutor’s Office reported about her red-handed detention while dividing up 16 thousand euro has no grounds. Our client had nothing to do with the money, about which the prosecutors say”, said the lawyer.

 

She noted that the defendant believes that the signatures on the documents presented by the prosecutors, are fictitious and she demanded a handwriting examination.

 

“However, the prosecutors refused this, as they do not have the original documents. It turns out that the case was initiated on the basis of photocopies, which is unacceptable. The national legislation prohibits the initiation of a criminal case without presence of the original documents. In addition, all the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office are based on lies and forgeries, and, in fact, were a well-organized show”, said the lawyer.

 

According to her, “in fact, in this case the defendant is the victim and not the accused”.

 

She noted that one month the woman was in detention in the investigative isolator Nr. 13. During this time she was subjected to psychological abuse, to admit something that she did not commit.

 

“During the interrogation, which was in the absence of a lawyer, and which is prohibited by law, there was a rubber truncheon on the table. This was done in order to exert psychological pressure on the woman before she made a confession. In October 23, she was released from the courtroom, but so far she has the status of accused in this case. Answering about the stage of case investigation, the prosecutors say that the investigation is still ongoing, and refuse to exculpate”, said Vileta Gashitoi.

 

The lawyer Roman Zadoinov said that double standards in the national legislation and its incompatibility with international standards lead to the fact that “in prison there may be people who have not committed crimes and those who committed crimes are at large”.

 

As it was previously reported by Infotag, in September 2013, the Prosecutor’s Office reported that “they revealed an illegal scheme of stealing the money from grants through the Council of Europe programs, initiating a criminal case for fraud, abuse of official position, tax evasion and money laundering”.

 

The prosecutors detained three representatives of non-governmental organizations when they divided the 16 thousand euro resulting from fraud. One of the detainees is the organizer of criminal schemes and according to the criminal case materials he bought an apartment in the city center on the money gained in the result of illegal actions. The Prosecutor’s Office has not provided information on further studies.