A resident of Chisinau aged 38 was sentenced to 10 years in jail for large-scale swindle and appropriation, IPN has learned from the Prosecutor General’s Office.

According to prosecutors, in August – September 2013, the man had worked as seller and storehouse keeper at a company in Chisinau. In the period, he appropriated 600 sacks of sugar, over 42 tonnes of frozen poultry, cans, grains and other products from the storehouse to the value of about 1.8 million lei.

It was also established that all the stolen goods were sold and the money was used for personal purposes. The man was also accused of swindling US$19,000 out of the company’s director on the pretext of performing economic transactions beneficial to the firm.

The man was also obliged by the court to fully restore the damage caused to the injured party.

The sentence is not yet definitive.