Travel company manager suspected in MDL 2.5 mln fraud

The manageress of a Chisinau-based travel company is suspected of swindling from several persons over EUR 150,000 (2.5 million in national currency), Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the Centre for Combating Economic Crime and Corruption, the manageress was taking EUR 1500-2500 from persons willing to find a job abroad, especially in Norway, Sweden, and Ireland. The suspect was concluding contracts with the victims, subsequently giving them payment receipts without any id number. While examining the ledgers of the company, the officers of the Centre found that the money received did not make it to the ledgers. Not a single person of those 70 citizens trying to obtain through this company a job abroad did not reach the destination. Penal proceedings were initiated in this case under article no.195 of the Penal Code “fraud in considerable amounts”.