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Moldova says Israeli-born businessman Shor channeled $24 million to pay off voters
Moldova's then parliamentary candidate Ilan Shor, mayor of the town of Orhei, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)
Moldovan police say that Israeli-born pro-Russian fugitive businessman Ilan Shor had channeled $24 million this month to pay voters in a presidential election and referendum on joining the EU.
The chief of the country’s police, Viorel Cernauteanu, says at a briefing that Shor used Russia’s Promsvyazbank for money transfers. Shor denies wrongdoing.
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