{"id":444869,"date":"2017-11-13T22:54:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T22:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=444869"},"modified":"2017-11-14T09:27:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T09:27:20","slug":"vlad-plahotniuc-investigated-romania-organized-crime-blackmailing-money-laundering-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/vlad-plahotniuc-investigated-romania-organized-crime-blackmailing-money-laundering-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlad Plahotniuc investigated in Romania for organized crime, blackmailing, money laundering and fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The Democrat leader and oligarch, Vlad Plahotniuc, is reportedly investigated by Romania&#8217;s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism based on the testimony delivered by the Moldovan businessman Veaceslav Platon in August 2016.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Buying shares together in Victoriabank and now-inexistent Banca de Economii<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/jurnal.md\/ro\/politic\/2017\/11\/13\/exclusivitate-plahotniuc-este-cercetat-penal-in-romania-seful-pd-in-vizorul-diicot-pentru-constituirea-unui-grup-infractional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaked testimony and the corresponding prosecution order<\/a>, Platon accused Plahotniuc of forcing him to participate in the acquisition of shares of Victoriabank, Banca de Economii, SA Asito, Victoria Asigur\u0103ri, SA Alfa Engineering. Moreover, Plahotniuc is said to have influenced the National Bank of Moldova to block one major shareholder of Victoriabank that allowed the selling of his shares later on the market with a lower price. The Democrat oligarch allegedly got the shares in his possession through proxies like the Parliament speaker Andrian Candu, his close partner Sergey Yaralov, Vladimir Andronache and other persons from the circle of the Democratic Party of Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>Platon, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/veaceslav-platon-condemned-18-years-imprisonment-frauds-money-laundering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemned in Moldova to 18 years<\/a> of prison for frauds and money laundering, complained to the Romanian prosecutors that his multiple letters of complaints and demands were ignored by the National Bank and the investigation organs in Moldova, presumably under Vlad Plahotniuc&#8217;s influence.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Plahotniuc&#8217;s three citizenships and changing identities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In his confession, Veaceslav Platon, known also as Kobalev, underlined that Plahotniuc used several identities in the Republic of Moldova (Vladimir Plahotniuc), Romania (Vlad Plahotniuc, Vlad Ulinici), and the Russian Federation (Vladimir Plahotniuc). The oligarch was and probably is still a citizen of all three states.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Platon&#8217;s statements, Romanian Prosecutor Raluca Negulescu launched a penal investigation on the fact of constituting an organized crime group, blackmailing, fraud and money laundering. The investigation is possible because Plahotniuc is a Romanian citizen. The order of launching penal investigation against Vlad Plahotniuc dates back to 17 April 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Platon&#8217;s testimony was submitted on 3 August 2016, when Plahotniuc&#8217;s former business partner was under arrest in Kyiv, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Romania&#8217;s\u00a0Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism has not issued a statement on the leaks yet.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What did Platon do (according to the Moldovan prosecution system)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Veaceslav Platon was accused of benefiting from high-risk loans from the former Banca de Economii in the value of 800 million lei: 130 million lei, 12 million USD and 5 million euros. He was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/veaceslav-platon-arrested-secret-services-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0by the SBU of Ukraine on July 25th.\u00a0Businessman Veaceslav Platon was extradited from Ukraine to Moldova on August 29th, 2016 with a charter flight, for which the Moldovan Interior Ministry claimed to have paid only 1690 US dollars. Some say that the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/kyiv-appeal-court-reexamines-extradition-act-moldovan-businessman-platon-lawyer-asks-bring-moldova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">half-legal<\/a>\u00a0extradition was personally ordered by the Democrat leader and oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc. Anticorup\u021bie found that the charter flight used for the extradition cost around\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anticoruptie.md\/ro\/investigatii\/integritate\/extradarea-de-lux-a-lui-veaceslav-platon-doua-curse-charter-si-supraveghetori-incognito\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15 thousand US dollars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who is Vlad Plahotniuc, de facto?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Despite the fact he holds no governmental position, Vlad Plahotniuc is known for his control over the Government, judiciary branch, prosecution system and the anti-corruption bodies through his proxy Democratic Party, vassal-parties and particular persons in the top of management of Moldovan state institutions. Vlad Plahotniuc is often called the one and only oligarch left in Moldova, the\u00a0<em>grey eminence<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>the puppeteer<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>of Moldovan politics. He was officially elected as the leader of the Democratic Party at the\u00a08th Congress in December 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>The Democrat leader and oligarch, Vlad Plahotniuc, is reportedly investigated by Romania&#8217;s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism based on the testimony delivered by the Moldovan businessman Veaceslav Platon in August 2016. Buying shares together in Victoriabank and now-inexistent Banca de Economii According to the leaked testimony and the corresponding prosecution order, Platon accused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":443843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,3],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-444869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-justice","category-politics","tag-important"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The Democrat leader and oligarch, Vlad Plahotniuc, is reportedly investigated by Romania&#8217;s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism based on the testimony delivered by the Moldovan businessman Veaceslav Platon in August 2016.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Buying shares together in Victoriabank and now-inexistent Banca de Economii<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/jurnal.md\/ro\/politic\/2017\/11\/13\/exclusivitate-plahotniuc-este-cercetat-penal-in-romania-seful-pd-in-vizorul-diicot-pentru-constituirea-unui-grup-infractional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaked testimony and the corresponding prosecution order<\/a>, Platon accused Plahotniuc of forcing him to participate in the acquisition of shares of Victoriabank, Banca de Economii, SA Asito, Victoria Asigur\u0103ri, SA Alfa Engineering. Moreover, Plahotniuc is said to have influenced the National Bank of Moldova to block one major shareholder of Victoriabank that allowed the selling of his shares later on the market with a lower price. The Democrat oligarch allegedly got the shares in his possession through proxies like the Parliament speaker Andrian Candu, his close partner Sergey Yaralov, Vladimir Andronache and other persons from the circle of the Democratic Party of Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>Platon, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/veaceslav-platon-condemned-18-years-imprisonment-frauds-money-laundering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemned in Moldova to 18 years<\/a> of prison for frauds and money laundering, complained to the Romanian prosecutors that his multiple letters of complaints and demands were ignored by the National Bank and the investigation organs in Moldova, presumably under Vlad Plahotniuc&#8217;s influence.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Plahotniuc&#8217;s three citizenships and changing identities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In his confession, Veaceslav Platon, known also as Kobalev, underlined that Plahotniuc used several identities in the Republic of Moldova (Vladimir Plahotniuc), Romania (Vlad Plahotniuc, Vlad Ulinici), and the Russian Federation (Vladimir Plahotniuc). The oligarch was and probably is still a citizen of all three states.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Platon&#8217;s statements, Romanian Prosecutor Raluca Negulescu launched a penal investigation on the fact of constituting an organized crime group, blackmailing, fraud and money laundering. The investigation is possible because Plahotniuc is a Romanian citizen. The order of launching penal investigation against Vlad Plahotniuc dates back to 17 April 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Platon&#8217;s testimony was submitted on 3 August 2016, when Plahotniuc&#8217;s former business partner was under arrest in Kyiv, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Romania&#8217;s\u00a0Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism has not issued a statement on the leaks yet.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What did Platon do (according to the Moldovan prosecution system)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Veaceslav Platon was accused of benefiting from high-risk loans from the former Banca de Economii in the value of 800 million lei: 130 million lei, 12 million USD and 5 million euros. He was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/veaceslav-platon-arrested-secret-services-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0by the SBU of Ukraine on July 25th.\u00a0Businessman Veaceslav Platon was extradited from Ukraine to Moldova on August 29th, 2016 with a charter flight, for which the Moldovan Interior Ministry claimed to have paid only 1690 US dollars. Some say that the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/kyiv-appeal-court-reexamines-extradition-act-moldovan-businessman-platon-lawyer-asks-bring-moldova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">half-legal<\/a>\u00a0extradition was personally ordered by the Democrat leader and oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc. Anticorup\u021bie found that the charter flight used for the extradition cost around\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anticoruptie.md\/ro\/investigatii\/integritate\/extradarea-de-lux-a-lui-veaceslav-platon-doua-curse-charter-si-supraveghetori-incognito\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15 thousand US dollars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who is Vlad Plahotniuc, de facto?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Despite the fact he holds no governmental position, Vlad Plahotniuc is known for his control over the Government, judiciary branch, prosecution system and the anti-corruption bodies through his proxy Democratic Party, vassal-parties and particular persons in the top of management of Moldovan state institutions. Vlad Plahotniuc is often called the one and only oligarch left in Moldova, the\u00a0<em>grey eminence<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>the puppeteer<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>of Moldovan politics. 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