CHISINAU, April 22 (Reuters) - A Moldovan court sentenced business magnate and former political powerbroker Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison on Wednesday in a fraud case involving the theft ...

CHISINAU -- A Moldovan court has sentenced oligarch and former political tycoon Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison in a decade-old bank fraud case known as "the theft of the century." In a ...

A Moldovan oligarch and former opposition leader has been sentenced to 19 years in a fraud case in which a billion dollars stolen from banks in the country more than a decade ago.

CHISINAU, April 22. /TASS/. A Chisinau court sentenced Moldovan oligarch and former Democratic Party leader Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison for stealing one billion dollars from the ...

After over six years on the run, Moldovan oligarch and former political leader Vladimir Plahotniuc has been handed a 19-year prison sentence for his role in a massive banking fraud widely. Policemen ...

A court in Moldova sentenced oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison on Wednesday in a case linked to the disappearance of $1 billion (€850 million) from the country’s banking system. The ...

CHISINAU, Moldova(AP) — A court in Moldova sentenced a former opposition leader and one of the nation's richest men on Wednesday to 19 years in a fraud case that saw a billion dollars stolen from ...

FILE - Vladimir Plahotniuc, a Moldovan oligarch, is escorted by police, after being extradited from Greece, at the Eugen Doga International Airport in Chisinau, Moldova, on Sept. 25, 2025. FILE - ...