EU prosecutors in Iași have carried out 25 searches across Focșani and other sites in Vrancea, seized assets worth about €300,000, and frozen the bank accounts of ten suspects. The investigation, led by Prosecutor Kovesi, uncovered a scheme that used fictitious companies registered in the names of disadvantaged youths aged 16‑29 to siphon €250,000 of non‑reimbursable EU funds from the Operational Programme Human Capital. Authorities confiscated ten properties and halted the flow of funds to the alleged beneficiaries. The case involves the youths, a large local firm in Focșani, and the Romanian state’s European Prosecutor’s Office.
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