The National Investigation Inspectorate, in collaboration with the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, conducted several searches on Friday, August 16, concerning a criminal case concerning the illegal financing of political parties, initiative groups, and electoral competitors. An organized criminal group carried out these activities on a large scale and also engaged in money laundering on an exceptionally large scale.
During the criminal investigation, authorities determined that members of the primary territorial organizations of certain political parties in the country receive monthly payments, and the parties do not record these payments in their accounting records.
“During the searches, officers seized draft notes, mobile phones, and other items relevant to the criminal investigation.
Representatives of the parties affiliated with Ilan Shor have bank accounts created for them at the commercial bank ‘Promsvyazbank’ in the Russian Federation (which is under international sanctions for supporting the Russian army in the war in Ukraine). Subsequently, for their activities in support of the parties and for electoral bribery in the upcoming elections, sums of money in Russian rubles, ranging from 10,000 to 55,000 rubles (equivalent to 1,975 – 10,870 MDL), are transferred to their accounts via the ‘PSB’ application,” law enforcement officials stated.
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According to the General Inspectorate of Police, authorities will conduct further investigations to clarify the case and make a legal decision. Preliminary information indicates that the “volunteers” received money for “services performed in the context of the upcoming presidential elections, including participation in rallies, flash mobs, and protest actions.”