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Surrendered voluntarily to the NAC. An attorney, in search, detained for fraud in the financial-banking field and money laundering in high proportions
07.11.2019 17 ViewsAn attorney from the capital was arrested last night by the NAC officers and anticorruption prosecutors in a criminal case of money laundering and theft in very large proportions, after he voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement agencies.
The lawyer was announced in international search, being suspected to have been the author, instigator and accomplices of dubious agreements with a group of persons through which they caused particularly great damage to one of the largest banking entities in the Republic of Moldova.
Specifically, the lawyer is suspected that, together with interested persons, he would have tricked the election procedure in the governing bodies of the bank with the purpose of taking over control of some shareholders. Its purpose, according to the materials of the criminal case, would have been to obtain material benefits. Thus, by the illicit acquisition of the assets of other persons, it caused damages in very large proportions to the bank's shareholders.
The anti-corruption prosecutors have formulated two charges against the detainee, accusing him of money laundering and illicit acquisition of the property of another person. Earlier, an international search file was initiated on behalf of the lawyer, after it had been hidden by the law institutions. Yesterday, he surrendered voluntarily and was arrested for 30 days.
If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.
We remind that, every person is presumed to be innocent until a final and irrevocable decision of the court is pronounced.
The Anticorruption Prosecutor`s Office conducts the prosecution.