​POLICE HALT OPERATION OF CALL CENTER IN CHISINAU SUSPECTED OF MONEY LAUNDERING

Law enforcement officers halted the operation of a call center in Chisinau through which money was laundered from abroad. According to the investigation, for several months, more than 50 telephone operators invited people to invest in stocks traded on “international stock exchanges.” Calls were made through an established autonomous telephone system. Clients from Russia, Kazakhstan, and several European countries were promised that their funds would work and generate profit. In reality, they were simply misappropriated. It was found that the call center was registered to a resident of the Transnistrian region. During the searches, office equipment, mobile phones, and draft records were seized.