Money laundering in Moldova again. The network is closed.

Money laundering in Moldova again. The network is closed.
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The amount in question was about €1.5 million. 24 people were detained. A consulting firm from Chisinau, registered in Cyprus, brazenly deceived clients. The victims were persuaded to invest tens and hundreds of thousands of euro, including in the Forex market. When clients deposited money into accounts managed by members of the group, victims found that transactions failed and their investments were unprofitable. To cover up the traces of the crime, the suspects stopped communicating with the victims, changing their phone numbers and destroying the platforms where they kept in touch.
The money was laundered through accounts in Cyprus, the United Kingdom and South Korea. Afterwards, the money ended up in the hands of the scheme's organizers. This way they wanted to hide the source of the money and the names of the real beneficiaries. Then the money came to Moldova under the pretext of "paying salaries and taxes. Now the entire group faces up to 10 years in prison and fines.