Oleg Voronin to be questioned again by CCCEC

At least six Moldovan companies and several foreign firms are involved in a massive money laundering scheme that is investigated by the Center for Combating Corruption and Economic Crime (CCCEC). An inquiry was launched late in February after it was determined that Oleg Voronin's card was used abroad to pay for goods and services of about 67 million lei, sum that is much larger than the one indicated by the former President Vladimir Voronin's son in his tax return. Bogdan Zumbreanu, deputy head of the Prosecution Division, told a news conference on Thursday that neither Oleg Voronin not other persons have been charged in the given case. Oleg Voronin will be questioned by the anticorruption officers, but Bogdan Zumbreanu could not say when it will happen. He said that a number of financial institutions, some of which foreign, delayed presenting the documents they sought, but this problem was overcome and the investigation goes on. A person can be indicted of money laundering only after establishing the offense by which the money was obtained, Bogdan Zumbreanu said. Several days before launching the investigation, Oleg Voronin was summoned to the CCCEC to explain from what sources he refilled his bank card. Afterward, the businessman filed a complaint to the Prosecutor General's Office, saying the information about the operations he performed with his card was confidential and shouldn't have been made public. Recently, the Civil Council for monitoring the CCCEC recommended that the Center should not take legal action over the offense, but against the suspected person as such cases are usually closed.