US EditionFugitive Moldovan Oligarch Implicated in $1 Billion Bank Fraud Detained in Greece
GREECE, JUL 22 – Plahotniuc faces charges for masterminding a $1 billion bank fraud and extensive corruption, with multiple countries seeking his extradition for alleged crimes from 2012 to 2014.
- On Tuesday, Greek authorities apprehended Vladimir Plahotniuc, a Moldovan fugitive wanted for his involvement in a major financial crime totaling around $1 billion and other unlawful activities.
- Plahotniuc fled Moldova in 2019 after facing numerous corruption charges linked to a scheme that caused $1 billion to disappear from a Moldovan bank in 2014.
- Interpol placed Plahotniuc on its international wanted list in February for suspicion of leading a criminal organization, fraud, and money laundering as Moldovan authorities seek his extradition.
- He was added to U.S. and U.K. sanctions lists in 2022, barred from entering the U.K., and had his assets frozen there and in its overseas territories while denying any wrongdoing.
- His arrest marks a key development amid ongoing international efforts to extradite him and continued legal and political pressure related to Moldova's corruption and election interference concerns.
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CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in a $1 billion bank fraud and other illicit schemes was arrested Tuesday in Greece, Moldova's national police said.
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Fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in $1 billion bank fraud detained in Greece
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in a $1 billion bank fraud and other illicit schemes was detained Tuesday in Greece…
Vladimir Plahotnic, a political leader from Chisinau and given international follow-up to arrest and extradition, was held in Greece. Article Vladimir Plahotnic was held in Greece. Oligarhul Moldovan was given in international follow-up appeared for the first time in Romania TV.
Vladimir Plahotnic was detained. The last hour's announcement was made by the Republic of Moldova Police in a press release. This was accompanied by former sports and MP Constantin Žuțu, transmitted zdg.md.
Oligarhul Vladimir Plahotniuc, in international follow-up to Chisinau and placed on the list of sanctions by the United States, the EU and the United Kingdom, was held in Greece on March, announced the police in the Republic of Moldova. "At least...
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