The Money Laundering Combating Service of the Anticorruption Center blocked 200,000 lei that was transferred to the account of a Moldovan citizen after it was warned by the United States Secret Service that the money was stolen from the U.S., Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting the Anticorruption Center. The money stolen from the account of a U.S. citizen was to be legalized in Moldova. According to the Fraud Department of the Bank of America N.A., to which Moldova’s Anticorruption Center makes reference, the money belonged to a client of the bank who recently discovered their absence. He presumed that the money was stolen by a group of hackers. After verifying the information, it was established that 200,000 lei was transferred to the account of a 60-year-old resident of Tanatari, Causeni, who is an employee of a branch of “Apa-Canal”, on August 8. The man said he does not know where the money comes from and filed an application, refusing this money. He is yet investigated to see if he was an accomplice in the given case. A week ago, a Moldovan student was arrested on suspicion that he used forged identity cards in odder to steal large amounts of money from foreigners, including U.S. citizens. The Anticorruption Center determined that the transnational group of which the young man formed part legalized assets to the value of over 1 million lei obtained from different types of offences, including cybernetic. The student was placed under arrest for 30 days.