A man from Cahul was arrested in the morning of March 24 on suspicion that he was involved in a case of money laundering as a result of which considerable damage was caused to a company based in Romania. The case was transmitted to Moldovan prosecutors by the responsible Romanian authorities, IPN reports.
The Romanian company reported that Money Gram transactions to the value of €42,400 were performed through their information system in a fraudulent way. The transactions appear as sent from the working points of a mall in Iasi and of a mall in Timișoara. But the report received from Money Gram do not indicate these transactions, while the money was collected from Money Gram agents situated in Galaţi and Brăila Counties, the National Anticorruption Center has said, with reference to the materials sent by the Romanian counterparts.
The investigation activities showed the persons indicated as senders of the transfers and the identification data of these persons (Personal Identification Code and birthday) didn’t match the Romanian police’s database of persons. It was established that one of the beneficiaries of the transfers has the domicile in Cahul.
On March 24, the police carried out searches in the municipality of Cahul, at the suspect’s home and in two cars that belong to him, from where they seized computing equipment and cellphones. The man was remanded in custody for 72 hours. He faces a maximum jail term of ten years for money laundering.
