A close associate of the fugitive leader of the Moldovan democrats Vladimir Plahotniuc, Andrei Timotin, became involved in a high-profile criminal case in Russia.
Ilan Shor is his company.
Timotin borrows by providing Plahotniuc’s cash reserves.
The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reported about the criminal case against these two characters:
“The Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation may bring new charges in the case of the largest channel for money laundering. This became possible after checking the testimony of banker Oleg Kuzmin, who made a deal with the investigation … Kuzmin also testified against the Moldovan politician Renato Usatii. According to Kuzmin, Usatii “attracted as clients of a criminal community a group of companies that carried out government orders of Russian Railways and transferred funds abroad through Baltika Bank, Invest Bank and other credit organizations.”