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Call center scam case // Three more people arrested for 30 days

Three other individuals were arrested in connection with the call center scam case. According to the PCCOCS, they will be investigated while under house arrest and monitored with electronic bracelets. This court ruling, requested by prosecutors, follows the preventive arrest of nine others on Friday, who will be held for 20 and 30 days.

The joint criminal investigations of the PCCOCS prosecutors with the CNA officers continue, during which the individuals benefit from the presumption of innocence, according to the law.

We remind you that 12 people were detained on Wednesday evening, following 35 searches carried out by the CNA officers and the PCCOCS prosecutors, which targeted two call centres in the Chisinau municipality.

The defendants were part of a criminal network, specializing in call centre services. The individuals are suspected of committing computer fraud, money laundering and scams on a particularly large scale.

According to the materials administered, several individuals from the Republic of Moldova, aged between 20 and 50, under the pretext of providing services, including the sale of trucks, vintage cars, maritime vessels, etc., deceived potential buyers, and after they seized the money, they stopped responding to the victims' calls.

Also, during the criminal investigation, it was found that to hide the origin of the money, the group members redirected the financial means to the accounts of various individuals located in off-shore areas, after which they were converted into cryptocurrency and stored on electronic wallets. Subsequently, using fictitious loan contracts, the money entered the accounts of the group members. During the investigations, the CNA and PCCOCS managed to document the illegal acquisition of over 9 million lei.

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