Former Democratic Party leader Vladimir Plahotniuc will remain in preventive detention for another 30 days. The Chisinau Court, Buiucani branch, approved the prosecutors’ request on October 20.
“The request was submitted in the case sent to court in absentia, concerning one episode of the so-called ‘Bank Fraud’ case. Today, the judicial investigation has also begun, with 28 court hearings scheduled,” the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office (PA) announced.
Plahotniuc is involved in four major criminal cases in Moldova, facing charges of creating and leading a criminal organization, fraud, money laundering, and bank fraud.
In the “bank fraud” case — the only one that has reached court — prosecutors accuse him of benefiting from 39.3 million US dollars and 3.5 million euros embezzled in 2014 from Banca de Economii, Unibank, and Banca Sociala.