Prosecutors requested arrest warrants for 22 suspects in Forex case
11:34 | 27.05.2022 Category: Social
Chisinau, May 27 / MOLDPRES /- Anti-corruption prosecutors have today taken steps of pre-trial detention of 22 persons, out of the 24 detained in the case of fraud and money laundering.
Two days ago, CNA officers searched a group of people who allegedly deprived hundreds of citizens of the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan of money through a stock exchange consulting company. During the last two years, this company, registered in Cyprus, but with a representative office in Chisinau, allegedly received from its customers, through fraud, over 1.5 million euros.
Following the searches, sums of money, in various currencies (14,500 euros and 4,000 dollars), four luxury cars, bank cards, draft documents, telephones, computers and other means of communication and information carriers were seized. Several bank accounts through which suspicious transactions were made were blocked outside the country.