The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutors ordered on Monday the seizure of Prime Minister Victor Ponta's possessions - either real or securities - as a security measure in a criminal case launched against him on suspicions of forgery, accomplice to tax evasion and money laundering in his lawyer's capacity.
Ponta was summoned to the DNA offices on Monday, where he was announced that a financial-accounting expertise had been ordered in the case, Agerpres reports.
The prosecutors also changed the Prime Minister's quality in the case from a suspect to a defendant; Ponta used his right to say nothing, so he made no statement before the prosecution.
"In this case, the prosecutors ordered the distress of the real assets and securities belonging to defendant Ponta Victor-Viorel. He was notified of the quality he has in this case in accordance with the provisions of Article 309 of the Criminal Procedure Code", the DNA said in a release to AGERPRES.