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Fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in $1 billion bank fraud detained in Greece
MOLDOVA, JUL 22 – Vladimir Plahotniuc is charged with fraud, money laundering, and leading a criminal organization linked to a $1 billion bank fraud that destabilized Moldova's economy.
- A fugitive Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, accused of a $1 billion bank fraud, was detained in Greece on Tuesday.
- Plahotniuc fled Moldova in 2019 amid corruption charges, including allegations of complicity in the disappearance of $1 billion from a Moldovan bank in 2014.
- The influential businessman and politician was on Interpol's wanted list and was added to US and UK sanctions lists for alleged corruption.
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The oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc once ran all the strings together in Moldova. Prior to the election in September, his arrest is good news for the pro-Western government.
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Wanted for six years, Moldavian oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc was arrested in Greece. He is accused of massive corruption, his name being linked to the "theft of the century", when three banks in the country lost the trace of a billion dollars in 2014.
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Independent EspañolCHISINAU, 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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