Fugitive businessman Veaceslav Platon, who was arrested last week in the UK, continues to be in the custody of the British authorities. The examination of the extradition request will begin in mid-April, IPN reports.
"With the evolution of the procedure, the Prosecutor's Office will come back with additional information," reads a press release from the Prosecutor General's Office.
Veaceslav Platon was found guilty of creating and leading a criminal association, as well as of withdrawing more than 126 billion rubles from Russia through the Moldovan bank Moldindconbank. He is also involved in a criminal case in the Russian Federation, being accused of illegally taking 48 billion rubles out of the country through the "Laundromat" scheme.
On April 20, 2017, Veaceslav Platon was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the bank fraud case. On June 15, 2020, he was released from detention following a request by the then Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo. At the end of May 2021, the Prosecutor General's Office dropped the charges against Veaceslav Platon in the bank fraud case and, on June 14, he was acquitted in that case.
On July 18, 2021, Veaceslav Platon left the Republic of Moldova and, on August 12, he was placed on an international wanted list and an arrest warrant was issued against him for failure to appear at the court hearing in the case in which he is accused of fraud in particularly large proportions and corruption of two guards of the Special Purpose Detachment "Pantera".
