The head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office of Moldova Veronica Dragalin said that she is not aware of anywhere else where there was seen such a brazen and open attempt to corrupt an election. In an interview with BBC, Moldova’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor said that what her team uncovered, working with police, is a pyramid payments scheme openly run from Russia by fugitive politician Ilan Shor, IPN reports.

“We’re talking about a foreign country sending money in an attempt to influence the election,” said Veronica Dragalin. She details evidence gained through wiretaps, police infiltrators and witnesses – some of which her office has made public.

The prosecutor noted that at the start they tried to make it look legitimate. Now it’s almost like they’re flagrantly flaunting all the laws and openly influencing the decision to vote.

The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office continues to investigate these attempts to illegally influence the election, ensuring that all persons involved are punished in accordance with the law.