Veaceslav Platon

{{Short description|Moldovan politician}}

{{Infobox Politician

| name = Veaceslav Platon

| image = Veaceslav Platon.jpg

| caption = Platon in 2021

| office = Member of the Moldovan Parliament

| term_start = 22 April 2009

| term_end = 24 December 2010

| predecessor =

| successor =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|01|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Căușeni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union[http://www.zdg.md/investigatii/moldova-raider-srl Moldova-Raider SRL], zdg.md {{in lang|ro}}

| party = Alliance Our Moldova

| otherparty = Alliance for European Integration (2009–2013)

| spouse = Evgenia Tulchevskaya

| children = 5

| alma_mater =

| profession = Lawyer[http://www.e-democracy.md/elections/parliamentary/20092/members-parliament/ Lista deputaților aleși la 29 iulie 2009 în Parlamentul Republicii Moldova], e-democracy.md[http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=330791 HOTĂRÎRE Nr. 2092 din 12.02.2009 cu privire la modificarea listei candidaților la funcția de deputat în Parlamentul Republicii Moldova din partea Partidului Politic „Alianța MOLDOVA NOASTRĂ”, înregistrată prin hotărîrea Comisiei Electorale Centrale nr. 2084 din 10 februarie 2009] {{in lang|ro}}

| parliamentarygroup = Our Moldova Alliance

| office2 = Member of the Chișinău Municipal Council

| termstart2 = 23 May 1999

| termend2 = 25 May 2003

}}

Veaceslav Platon (born 24 January 1973) is a Moldovan businessman[http://www.publika.md/businessman-ul-veaceslav-platon--banuit-ca-ar-fi-comandat-instalarea-panourilor-cu-judecatorii-corupti_1338991.html Businessman-ul Veaceslav Platon, bănuit că ar fi comandat instalarea panourilor cu "judecătorii corupți"], publika.md {{in lang|ro}} and former member of the Parliament of Moldova[http://www.moldova.org/ex-deputatul-veaceslav-platon-facut-scandal-parlament/ Ex-deputatul Veaceslav Platon a făcut scandal în Parlament] {{in lang|ro}} from 2009[http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=330791 HOTĂRÎRE Nr. 2092 din 12.02.2009], lex.justice.md, Chișinău, 12 februarie 2009 {{in lang|ro}} to 2010.[http://adevarul.ro/moldova/economie/nu-bani-cumpar-afacerile-plahotniuc-1_50aeab917c42d5a6639eedca/index.html Businessmanul Veaceslav Platon neagă că și-a dat acordul pentru a fi inclus pe lista de candidați a PCRM] {{in lang|ro}} He also holds Russian citizenship.[http://www.flux.md/editii/200917/articole/5913/ Mafia lui Urechean], flux.md {{in lang|ro}}

Platon is one of the wealthiest people in Moldova,{{in lang|ru}}[http://gzt.md/article/%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%B2_%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5/1512/ Вячеслав Платон – «идейный борец за денежные знаки»] with businesses in the field of sugar and banking in Moldova, and atomic energy in Ukraine. In 1994, Platon became vice-president of the administrative board of the Moldovan private bank Moldindconbank, and later became vice-president of the board of another Moldovan bank, Investprivatbank. In 1998, he was elected as a member of the Municipal Council of Chișinău on the lists of the electoral bloc of agrarians.

He was accused of economic crimes,{{in lang|ru}}[https://archive.today/20140928011343/http://izdato.net/news/crime/post/242 Вячеслав Платон отмыв $18,5 млрд. создал крупнейшую в СНГ финансовую "прачечную"]{{in lang|ru}}[http://www.rosbalt.ru/business/2010/09/02/767970.html Россия остановила молдавского рейдера]{{in lang|ru}}[http://www.rospres.com/corruption/14203/ Украино-молдавский отмыв $18,5 млрд]{{in lang|ru}}[http://www.rospres.com/finance/14721/ Олимпийская отмывочная машина Путиных-Батуриной на $20 млрд] and nicknamed "raider No. 1 in the CIS".[http://adevarul.ro/moldova/economie/milionarul-veaceslav-platon-ramas-pachet-doar-031-actiunile-moldindconbank-1_517e18a2053c7dd83f58aba4/index.html Milionarul Veaceslav Platon a rămas cu un pachet de doar 0,31% din acțiunile Moldindconbank], adevarul.ro {{in lang|ro}}[http://inprofunzime.md/stiri/politic/milionarul-veaceslav-platon-a-ramas-cu-un-pachet-de-doar-0-31.html Milionarul Veaceslav Platon a ramas cu un pachet de doar 0,31% din actiunile Moldindconbank], inprofunzime.md[http://adevarul.ro/moldova/actualitate/veaceslav-platon-nu-ocup-atacuri-tip-raider-facut-sperietoare-1_50ae01cf7c42d5a66399ca31/index.html Veaceslav Platon: „Nu mă ocup de atacuri de tip raider. Au făcut din mine o sperietoare“], 14 februarie 2012, Ion Preasca, Adevărul {{in lang|ro}}[http://adevarul.ro/moldova/economie/nu-bani-cumpar-afacerile-plahotniuc-1_50aeab917c42d5a6639eedca/index.html Nu am asemenea bani ca să cumpăr afacerile lui Plahotniuc], Adevărul, 16 februarie 2012 {{in lang|ro}}

Platon is the alleged architect of the Russian Laundromat, a scheme to move $20–80 billion out of Russia from 2010 to 2014 through a network of global banks, many of them in Moldova and Latvia.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/20/the-global-laundromat-how-did-it-work-and-who-benefited|title=The Global Laundromat: how did it work and who benefited?|first=Luke|last=Harding|date=20 March 2017|access-date=20 March 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}

On 20 April 2017, Platon was sentenced to 18 years in prison.{{cite web|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/416902.html|title=Moldovan businessman Platon sentenced to 18 years in jail for laundering over $20 bln from Russia|website=interfax.com.ua|access-date=9 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jurnal.md/ro/justitie/2017/4/20/platon-a-fost-condamnat-la-18-ani-de-inchisoare/|title=Veaceslav Platon, condamnat la 18 ani de închisoare; Lista bunurilor care îi vor fi sechestrate // DOC|website=jurnal.md|access-date=9 April 2018}} However, then he was released, re-tried, and on 14 June 2021 was acquitted.{{cite web|url=https://www.zdg.md/en/?p=7330|title=Controversial Businessman Veaceslav Platon Was Fully Acquitted|website=ZGD|date=14 June 2021 |access-date=7 October 2021}} On 19 July 2021 he flew from Chișinău to London, and from there he flew to Prague.{{cite web|url=https://www.zdg.md/en/?p=7615|title=The Controversial Businessman Veaceslav Platon Left the Country|website=ZGD|date=19 July 2021 |access-date=7 October 2021}}