€400 thousand was confiscated from a foreigner in favor of the state in a case of currency smuggling
On March 20, the Chisinau court of the Buiucani sector issued a verdict in a criminal case against a foreign citizen accused of currency smuggling, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office reported.
The criminal prosecution lasted 9 months and the trial lasted 3 months. The defendant fully admitted his guilt, a plea agreement was concluded, zdg.md reports
The case was initiated in March 2023 by the National Anti-Corruption Center (NCC) and sent to court in December 2023 by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the case materials, from January to March 2023, the accused illegally imported financial assets into Moldova from Turkey in the amount of 84,386,000 hryvnia, which is equivalent to more than 2 million euros, which were smuggled out and imported into Ukraine. On May 6, 2023, under identical circumstances, he was going to illegally export Ukrainian hryvnia from the Republic of Moldova in especially large amounts, but “he did not carry out the criminal act, since he was detained by NAC employees, and the money was confiscated from him.”
By a verdict dated March 20, the court, taking into account the plea agreement concluded between the defendant and the prosecutor, found him guilty of committing these crimes. He was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months suspended with a probationary period of 4 years. In addition, money in foreign currency discovered and seized during the search in the amount of 16,595,000 Ukrainian hryvnia, about 400,000 euros, was confiscated in favor of the state.
The verdict can be appealed to the Court of Appeal of Chisinau within 15 days.
