A criminal case has been opened in Romania against Moldovan oligarch Plahotniuc.

A criminal case has been opened in Romania against the former leader of the Moldovan Democratic Party (PDM), Vladimir Plahotniuc, upon the discovery of forged documents. The relevant information was published on the website of the Romanian Interior Ministry on July 26.

"As a result of the checks carried out at the level of the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there were reasonable suspicions of a possible act of forgery of some official documents <...>. A criminal case has been opened at the level of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Romanian police," the statement said.

It is noted that forgery of two identity cards, two driver's licenses and one passport of the person involved with distortion of data about the identity of the owner was revealed.

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In Moldova, Plahotniuc is accused of money laundering, fraud and illegal enrichment, as well as of withdrawing $1 billion from the country's banking system. The court in Chisinau has issued a warrant for his arrest in absentia several times, and the Moldovan prosecutor's office insists on the oligarch's extradition to his homeland. In addition, in November 2017, the Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested Plahotniuc in absentia and put him on the international wanted list for attempted murder. He is also suspected of withdrawing large funds from Russian banks together with Moldovan politician Renato Usatii.

On July 22, Plahotniuc was detained in Greece. It was reported that he was detained at Athens airport when the defendant was on his way to Dubai. Also in February, Moldova's Interpol put Plahotniuc on the international wanted list.

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