The officers of the Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA) of the NAC together with the officers of the National Inspectorate of Investigations and the prosecutors of the PCCOCS carried out criminal prosecution actions in the framework of the parallel financial investigations carried out in a case of money laundering and fraud, managed by the PCCOCS.

During the investigation, it was established that, from May 2022 until now, members of an organized criminal group, consisting of citizens of the Republic of Moldova and other countries, created a fictitious cryptocurrency trading platform, through which they misled people and stole their financial means. The damage caused to individuals is particularly high.

Thus, on November 23, 2023, during the search of a computer and virtual reality gaming room belonging to a member of the mentioned organized criminal group, computer equipment and game consoles were seized, for the purpose of deciding on the application of the precautionary measure to recover the damage caused by the crime. Previously, the CARA applied seizures of around 1.5 million lei on the respective case.

The damage caused to natural persons from the Republic of Moldova is about 4 million lei. At the same time, measures are being taken to identify other victims of the criminal scheme.

We remind that any person who has been charged shall be presumed to be innocent until proven guilty according to law.