Fostul director al companiei de apă din Slatina, Marius Cătălin Ușurelu, condamnat un an de închisoare cu suspendare pentru cumpărare de cocaină de la Marina Pandarof / Ușurelu, fost președinte PSD Scornicești, a fost în centrul unui scandal după ce
Marius Cătălin Ușurelu, former director of the Slatina water company, received a suspended one-year prison sentence for cocaine purchase. His resignation followed a local scandal involving a drowning incident linked to him. Protests erupted in Slatina against corruption, with youth demanding justice for a drowned teenager, allegedly connected to Ușurelu. Marina Pandarof, involved in the drug case, was previously sentenced for drug trafficking and is rumored to have political ties.