Two former chiefs of Special Operations Brigade in Oradea sent to trial; registered personal cars as 'official'

Two former leaders of the Special Operations Brigade (BOS) in Oradea, Romania, Alin-Nicușor Tărău and Sebastian-Marius Suciu, are facing trial for allegedly registering personal vehicles as official police cars. This practice allowed them to park for free in the city, bypassing parking fees.

Prosecutors have calculated the financial prejudice resulting from this alleged scheme to be 58,400 lei. The indictment details how the two officials allegedly included personal cars belonging to police officers, their relatives, and even vehicles used by Tărău himself on official lists submitted to the Oradea City Hall.

These vehicles were placed on the same list as cars genuinely used for operational missions, for which the municipality had agreed to waive parking fees. The Bihor County Prosecutor's Office has charged Alin-Nicușor Tărău and Sebastian-Marius Suciu with fraud, intellectual forgery, and the use of forged documents, all in a continued form. Tărău also faces additional charges of incitement to intellectual forgery and use of forged documents.

According to prosecutors, Suciu prepared and used the fraudulent documents, while Tărău allegedly instigated these actions and participated in their transmission to the City Hall. The documents, which included license plates of both operational vehicles and personal cars, were submitted to the City Hall with addresses bearing the signature of the Chief Inspector of the Bihor County Police Inspectorate, lending a false appearance of legality to the scheme. Based on these documents, the municipality granted free parking access to the implicated vehicles.