The Chisinau Court of Appeal upheld the verdict against the fugitive Russian MP, leader of the Shor party, Ilan Shor, Newsmaker reports, citing the head of the parliamentary legal commission, MP from the Action and Solidarity (PAS) party, Oles Stamate.

According to Stamate, Shor was sentenced to 15 years in prison and confiscation of property worth 5 billion lei..

Stamate did not specify what the case against Shor is, but noted that the decision of the Appeals Chamber is final..

“Justice has finally won in our country. Court of Appeal sentenced Shor to 15 years in prison. Wherever he served his sentence, in Israel or Moldova, all seized property is now confiscated in favor of the state - this is 5 billion lei,"

The deputy added that this is only about one case against Shor, so the courts will continue to work and decide on other cases against the oligarch.

Detained in May 2015, pro-Russian politician Ilan Shor was sentenced in 2017 to seven and a half years in prison for fraud and money laundering.. The verdict did not enter into force, as it was appealed to the Appeals Chamber.

According to prosecutors, Shor is one of the main participants and beneficiaries of the theft of a billion dollars from the banking system of Moldova in 2014, along with another fugitive oligarch, Vladimir Plahotniuc..

Shor fled Moldova in June 2019 and is hiding in Israel. While abroad, he was twice - in 2019 and 2021 - elected as a member of parliament on the lists of the party of the same name..

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