Businessman Veaceslav Platon, who got 30 years in jail in two criminal cases, said the ex-leader of the Democratic Party Vlad Plahotniuc, with whom he interrupted his communication in 2015, is now in Miami, while he is serving time in Penitentiary No. 13. He said he was “punished” for refusing to satisfy Plahotniuc’s requests, including to perform particular operations through Moldindconbank. The former leader of the PDM no longer needed him and used the services of Ilan Shor, who controlled the three banks, in laundering money from Russia, IPN reports.
In an interview for TV8 channel’s talk show “Politics of Natalia Morari” given by the former MP in jail, Veaceslav Platon said Vlad Plahotniuc did so much evil that he managed to contribute to combining what can never be combined, namely the great world powers that usually cannot reach a consensus. These powers achieved a consensus about Plahotniuc and this will be yet brought to Moldova to answer for his deeds.
According to him, the ex-president of the PDM tried to get rid of him because he wanted to rule the country alone and aimed to become Prime Minister. Plahotniuc destroyed all those who could enter a competition with him and ex-Premier Vlad Filat was the first to have such a fate.
Asa regards the US$ 22 billion that was allegedly laundered through the Moldovan banking and legal systems, Veaceslav Platon said this is not a laundromat as dirty money wasn’t laundered, but was legalized and no one pursued a laundering goal. These operations were legal. Moldindconbank, in which he played a particular role in that period, provided legal services for receiving and transferring this money, daily informing the competent state institutions about the given transactions.
Veaceslav Platon said that for now he cannot provide more details about the accusations made in Russia, according to which he and Vlad Plahotniuc, who are Russian citizens, were involved in the money laundering scheme as his sister was arrested in Russia on similar charges.
Veaceslav Platon was arrested in July 2016 on charges of swindle and money laundering in very large amounts that caused damage of over 800 million lei to Banca de Economii (Savings Bank). He was sentenced to 30 years behind bars based on two criminal cases. Veaceslav Platon pleads not guilty.
