The administrator of a company was sentenced to six years in prison for money laundering in particularly large proportions. The civil lawsuit filed by Banca de Economii (BEM) was accepted and the defendant was ordered to pay 2.7 million lei in respect of pecuniary damages.

The special confiscation of the value of the money resulting from the commission of the crime for the benefit of the state, in the amount of 2.7 million lei, was ordered, IPN reports.

According to the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office, the criminal case was separated from the primary case in 2023 and was remitted to court in May 2024. The evidence presented in court shows that during December 19-28, 2011, the defendant, together with other persons, laundered the amount of 2.7 million lei. More specifically, a number of transfers were made to different accounts, including those of the company managed by the defendant, thus aiming to disguise a loan taken out illegally from the BEM in 2011.

Currently, the defendant is in pre-trial detention. He was extradited from Ukraine on April 4, 2024. The preventive measure is maintained until the sentence becomes final. According to prosecutors, the man denied any wrongdoing throughout the examination of the case.

The sentence issued by the Buiucani Court of Chisinau City can be appealed to the Chisinau Centru Court of Appeals.