A foreigner living in Moldova aged 28 is investigated for complicity in stealing money from cards of Moldovan citizens. The police identified thousands of online accounts created for committing the frauds at national level and also at foreign level, IPN reports.

The General Police Inspectorate said the young man is suspected of offering for money services for activating anonymous accounts on Viber, Whatsapp, Telegram, digital wallets on Paynet, PayPal and on other online platforms that require a telephone number for activating the account.

As a result of searches carried out in the homes and in offices rented by the suspect, the police found and seized over 4,700 SIM cards of different operators, including foreign ones, cellphones, bank cards and memory cards.

The suspect is investigated outside custody and faces a maximum jail term of six years.