The scheme to steal money from the banking system of Moldova was designed by services from outside the country, including from Russia, so as to control the foreign exchange reserves of Moldova and ruling Moldovan politicians were involved in this scheme, Mihail Gofman, ex-deputy head of the Money Laundering Prevention and Combating Service of the National Anticorruption Center, stated in the talk show “Interpol” on TV 7 channel, IPN reports.

“The scheme comes from outside. It was started by some and continued by others. Everyone wants to control this state and everything was done with the hands of these buffoons that must defend the Constitution,” said Mihai Gofman.

He noted that Vlad Filat, Ilan Shor, Vlad Plahotniuc and Veaceslav Platon were the main players involved in the theft of the billion, but none of these is the coordinator. “A number of groups fought for Banca de Economii between them. The Filat-Shor group won, but there was also the Platon-Plahotniuc group. The coordinator is a person close to Vladimir Plahotniuc and is not a public figure. I tried to stop the theft of the billion in 2013, but someone came to me and asked me “What do you do?” But the secret about the coordinator of the theft will come out. After I was fired, I collected information and communicated with persons from outside the country. Have patience. Time will come and you will find out the name of the coordinator,” he said.

The ex-National Anticorruption Center employee also said that the list of persons who are to be arrested in the case of the bank fraud was compiled based on political criteria and Iurie Leanca comes next on this list. “The list is very long and a lot of people will be held accountable. Leanca will be followed by public servants from different ministries and other institutions,” he stated.

Mihail Gofman said that he was repeatedly threatened and was fired from the National Anticorruption Center after he discovered the scheme to rob the banking system. “They didn’t expect that we will discover everything so swiftly. I was intimidated and the administration of the National Anticorruption Center was also intimidated. I was stopped in the street and threatened by persons close to those who are in power,” he stated.