24 people detained by CNA in money laundering case

12:26 | 25.05.2022 Category: Social

Chisinau, May 25 / MOLDPRES /- CNA officers and anti-corruption prosecutors today detained 24 people, who allegedly deprived of money hundreds of citizens of the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan through a stock exchange consulting company.

According to CNA, during the last two years, this company, registered in Cyprus, but with a representative office in Chisinau allegedly received from its clients through fraud over 1.5 million euros.

CNA officers and anti-corruption prosecutors investigated the group's criminal activity for several months, following the entire circuit of money from the scam. The operations were carried out in order to disguise the source of the money and to hide the actual beneficiaries of the frauds.

This morning, prosecutors and CNA conducted several dozen searches at several addresses, where the company's employees work and detained 24 people. They are suspected of money laundering in particularly large proportions. Several samples and luxury cars were taken from the scene.

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