Bank accounts with over 100 million dollars in Russian Laundromat frozen

Chisinau, Nov. 14 /MOLDPRES/- Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office announced that in cooperation with law enforcement authorities of another country, it has identified assets from the transnational money laundering scheme Russian Laundromat, worth about 190 million US dollars.

According to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, under the evidence, bank accounts worth more than 100 million dollars have already been frozen and seizures worth 40 million dollars and 50 million dollars are to be applied in two other countries.

This year the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has provided the necessary information and evidence to identify the bank accounts involved in the Russian Laundromat, and the application of the seizure and possible confiscation of these assets is an important step in their recovery in the interest of citizens.

It announces it will shortly ask the court to authorize the seizure of these accounts. Over the past two years, prosecutors have worked to identify and freeze assets worth over 87 million US dollars in the criminal case Bank Fraud and now over 100 million dollars in the criminal case Laundromat.