Former commercial director of Oil Terminal detained by DIICOT for illegal diesel dealings
Gabriel Daraban, former commercial director of Oil Terminal Constanța, was detained following DIICOT searches. The estimated prejudice exceeds tens of millions of euros.
Detained after resignation: Oil Terminal commercial director suspected in diesel fraud case
Gabriel Daraban, former commercial director of Oil Terminal Constanța, was detained on Thursday by prosecutors from DIICOT, according to ProTV News. Daraban submitted his resignation 24 hours before investigators descended on the company's headquarters.
Searches took place in the morning at the Oil Terminal platform, one of the largest energy companies controlled by the Romanian state and a strategic national objective. DIICOT prosecutors and police officers from the special investigations service collected evidence and brought several suspects to questioning at the institution's central headquarters.
The investigation concerns suspicions that two companies secretly imported Russian oil subject to European sanctions. DIICOT initiated proceedings ex officio on this matter from last year.
According to investigators, persons in management positions within the company, together with customs inspectors, allegedly permitted the removal of petroleum products from storage depots and their sale without payment of legal taxes. Payment of fiscal obligations exceeding 245 million lei was allegedly postponed, generating an estimated prejudice of 25 million lei. The total prejudice caused to the Romanian state could reach tens of millions of euros from illegal diesel dealings.
Gabriel Daraban is the brother of Mihai Daraban, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, known for financing private flights with politicians, judges and businessmen to Mykonos.
Source: Știrile ProTV