Veaceslav Platon will continue to be held on remand. The judges of the Chisinau Appeals Court took such a decision on September 7, after examining the challenge of the businessman’s lawyers against the Buiucani Court’s decision to extend the remand detention of Veaceslav Platon for 30 days, IPN reports.
According to the businessman’s defense, Veaceslav Platon in court spoke about a number of Moldovan state officials who contributed to the bank frauds. Lawyer Ana Ursachi said the defense asked to interrogate two witnesses – Platon’s wife and an officer who dealt with the businessman’s case – but the Court refused.
Veaceslav Platon is tried 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. Platon pleads not guilty.
