In brief
- Moldova’s National Anticorruption Center has identified an election-influence scheme that saw some $107 million used to promote candidates and bribe voters.
- The “complex transaction scheme” could be traced back to two centralized crypto platforms in Russia and Kyrgyzstan, the CNA said.
- Blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs identified Kyrgyzstani crypto exchange TokenSpot as being connected to a “larger Russian sanctions evasion ecosystem.”
Moldova’s National Anticorruption Center has uncovered a scheme to influence the country’s 2025 parliamentary elections that used crypto to channel funds to activists and bribe voters.
According to CNA director Alexandr Pinzari, cited in local media reports, the scheme involved the “illegal…
