Businessman Veaceslav Platon, who was arrested in Ukraine, was extradited to Moldova on August 29, IPN reports.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Moldova, immediately after this was handed over, the prosecutors familiarized him with the indictment. On August 30, the Buiucani Court is to pronounce on the prosecutors’ application concerning the extension of the remand detention of Platon for 30 days.

Veaceslav Platon is investigated for swindle and money laundering as a result of which damage of over 800 million lei was caused to Banca de Economii. The prosecutors established that the money that was illegally obtained as loans in Moldova was transferred to the accounts of offshore companies in order to hide their origin. Later, a part of this money was used to repay loans raised from Moldovan banks.