The NAC has announced the documentation of a new form of funding of political parties, which consists in excluding the operation with financial sources in cash and the creation of a new mechanism through PYYPL cards and digital technologies. A few weeks ago, the legal institutions picked up a considerable number of such cards, even while it was intended to introduce them into the territory of the Republic of Moldova to be put into circulation, and according to the information held, these cards were to be used in their activity of some newly created parties - guided by the same exponents who are behind securing illegal financing.

Following the investigation and prosecution actions carried out by NAC officers, anti-corruption prosecutors, GPI and SIS, it was established that a large part of these cards would be used by several local leaders who were provided with this type of cards, but also with a phone each that already had the applications for processing transactions installed. Thus, the operating scheme with these cards was documented, as well as the people who technically ensured the installation of the respective application in phones, the transfer scheme, but also how the sums of money were distributed.

On October 4, 70 searches were carried out at the headquarters of a political party, at the homes and in the cars of extras. During the actions, bank cards with the inscription "PYYPL", cash, mobile phones, tablets, notebooks, bank cards of various types, social cards, hard drives, memory sticks, party membership cards, documents were seized of drafts reflecting payments with unaccounted amounts of money to several natural persons, draft documents with the lists of mayoral candidates who received unaccounted amounts of money for the procurement of costumes, several boxes with food gifts without provenance documents, etc.

The documentation actions continue within the criminal case, based on facts of illegal financing of political parties, initiative groups, and electoral competitors carried out in large proportions.

The Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office is conducting the criminal investigation.