The verdict in Filat’s money laundering case will be handed down in a month: he denies guilt
In his last words in court, Filat said that his case was fabricated based on political criteria and that there was no evidence to support the charges brought by the prosecutor’s office.
Vlad Filat is accused of laundering money on a particularly large scale in 2013, using an intermediary with whom he had a close relationship to make transfers, writes crimemoldova.com
Thus, on July 1, 2013, the defendant was supposed to enter into an agreement to provide assistance in the election campaign of a political party for the parliamentary elections in November 2014 with a consulting company in Washington, USA.
For contractual services, Filat, according to the prosecution, paid the non-resident company a total amount of 12,847,902 lei, making periodic transfers from the accounts of companies managed by an intermediary, which were opened with funds obtained as a result of corruption offenses, to the Banca de Economii.
Prosecutors requested 7 years in prison for the former prime minister.
The last word of Vlad Filat: “I am not guilty. Make the right decision!” In his last speech, Vlad Filat presented himself as a victim of prosecutors, judges, Vlad Plahotniuc and Ilan Shor.
At one point, the former prime minister warned the panel that it would be judges, not prosecutors, who would be held accountable if “he is wrongfully convicted.” Filat also stated that there was no evidence, that prosecutors presented only some photocopies and that witnesses were not heard in court.
“It has been nine years since this case was filed in my name and five years since this case was heard in court. A lot has changed during this period. People have changed. Not only the prosecutors have changed,” said Vlad Filat.
