A good part of the former civil servants launch into million-dollar businesses after they no longer hold public positions, although during the time they worked in the state bodies they reported modest salary income. Ianina Spinei, an anti-corruption expert within the organization Transparency International Moldova, claims that the competent authorities should investigate such cases, especially if the affairs of former dignitaries relate to the fields they managed. This  is the expert's comment on a journalistic investigation by CIJM, in which the affairs of the Munteanu brothers are uncovered.

Ianina Spinei, anti-corruption expert within Transparency International Moldova, claims that there are "countless" cases when former civil servants, with modest incomes, become millionaires overnight. "Most of those who leave the public service find themselves in businesses that, in a record time, become very prosperous and win the most important tenders. But a legal business is not developed that easily. In order to bring large profits in a short period, it is necessary to make considerable investments. So, the question arises: where do they get money to develop such businesses in a short time? It should also be noted that most of the businesses launched by former civil servants are related to the public domains in which they had worked", the expert opined.

Referring to the case of the Munteanu brothers, Ianina Spinei believes that their commercial activity, along with the businesses of other former officials, should be investigated by  competent bodies.

"There are a lot of suspicions in the case of the Munteanu brothers, especially since their businesses are tangential to the domains they managed. Several question marks appear, including where they got the money to develop businesses worth millions overnight, but also with what money they bought their real estate, cars, etc.. Here the Tax Office must take measures, especially if the businesses were registered with the third parties, the National Integrity Authority should be involved, and the prosecutors should keep the investigations under control. I think that the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office should report itself most seriously in this case. And not only. All civil servants, poor in their wealth declarations, who became millionaires after retiring from public service, should be checked," said the expert.

In the investigation Millionaires over night//How the Munteanu brothers managed to develop their businesses after retiring from the public service CIJM debunks the businesses that the ex-Minister of the Environment, Valeriu Munteanu, the former deputy director, developed after leaving the public service of the Intelligence and Security Service, Ruslan Munteanu, and the former deputy head of the Housing Fund Management Department of the Chisinau City Hall, Igor Munteanu. The three brothers did not declare during their careers sufficient means that would have allowed them to launch into big business. Beyond this, the developed businesses also raise questions because they have connections with the public domains in which they had been active.