Prosecutor General: Plahotniuc is the main beneficiary of theft of a billion, extradition request
Alexandr Stoianoglo, Prosecutor General Since November 2014, Moldova is infamously known in the whole world — one billion US dollars was stolen from the National Reserves of the National Bank. It was dubbed the Heist of the Century as the embezzlement represents one eighth of the Moldovan GDP. On 18 May 2020, the new Prosecutor General, Alexandr Stoianolgo, on behalf of his institution, made an official statement, stating: ➊ the Prosecutor's Office have incontrovertible evidence that Vladimir Plahotniuc is the main beneficiary of the stolen billion; ➋ a new indictment against Vladimir Plahotniuc is adopted, adding new counts of accusation, namely: creation of a criminal organisation, fraud and money laundering, both committed on especially large scale. ➌ after the translation, the indictments will be submitted to the competent US authorities for extradition and prosecution of Plahotniuc in the Republic of Moldova. Below are the full Prosecutor General's statement...