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1. Ilan Shor is an Israeli-born Moldovan oligarch and politician. In 2014, Shor masterminded a scam that saw $1 billion USD

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Thu Mar 28, 2024, 05:19 AM

Mar 28

disappear from Moldovan banks, resulting in a total loss equivalent to 12% of Moldova's GDP and the arrest of former Prime Minister Vlad Filat.

In June 2017, he was sentenced to 7.5 years of prison in absentia for fraud and money laundering and on 14 April 2023 his sentence was increased to 15 years. All of Shor's Moldovan assets were also frozen.

After spending time under house arrest he fled to Israel in 2019, where he currently lives.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Shor

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Ilan Shor is an Israeli-born Moldovan oligarch and politician. In 2014, Shor masterminded a scam that saw $1 billion USD Celerity Mar 28 #1