Elena Udrea continues to be paid from public funds, while in custody. She receives for her parliamentary office 10,000 lei for the salaries of employees and other expenses.
According to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate rules, a lawmaker who is arrested or taken into custody no longer collects his income money, it remains blocked in an account; namely the deputy allowance and the telephone and car expenses.
Her cabinet employees continue to cash in their salaries.