Court arrested Moldovan former PM

  19 October 2015    Read: 756
Court arrested Moldovan former PM
A Moldovan court has ordered the arrest of a former prime minister who is charged with being involved in a bank fraud of up to 1.5 bln USD.
The district court in Chisinau ordered the 30-day arrest of Vlad Filat, who was premier from 2009 to 2013, on Sunday. He is under investigation for money that went missing from three banks before a November 2014 election.

Prosecutors say Filat took bribes worth 260 mln USD from a businessman and helped him gain control of one of the banks.

Filat was detained Thursday on charges of corruption, including bribery, and influence peddling. Filat`s lawyer, Igor Popa, said he will file a complaint against the businessman who hasn`t been detained.

Filat says the probe is politically motivated.

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