Prosecutors announced on Tuesday they detained Alin Ionescu, owner of Shelter security firm, and his accountant, in connection to a tax evasion case which caused damages of RON 42.5 million (EUR 10 million). DIICOT prosecutors will ask for their preventive arrest.
Alin Ionescu and Cristina Aron are investigated for carrying out fictitious services and purchases from 2009-2012 through companies controlled by individuals close to Ionescu.
According to sources close to the investigation quoted by Mediafax, Shelter Security lent in sub-enterprise system a part of its services to nine companies, out of which only one was real and the other eight were “ghost-companies”.
The crime group used homeless people for their ID’s which they then used to set-up the ghost companies.
Prosecutors called 12 individuals in for questioning on Monday in the same case and Tuesday announced that they detained Alin Ionescu and Cristina Aron.