Moldova investigates cases of cryptocurrency interference in parliamentary elections involving a total of $107 million

Gate News: On March 10, the Moldovan National Anti-Corruption Center (CNA) revealed a plan to influence the country's 2025 parliamentary elections using cryptocurrency, involving approximately $107 million. CNA Director Alexandr Pinzari stated that the plan involves "complex transaction operations" through non-custodial crypto wallets, transferring virtual assets to intermediaries in Moldova, who then exchange them for cash and distribute to local activists for voter bribery, promoting specific candidates, and mobilizing rally participants. The funds trace back to two centralized cryptocurrency platforms in Russia and Kyrgyzstan. Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs linked this activity to the "Russian-backed foreign influence operation InfoLider" and confirmed that Kyrgyzstan-based exchange TokenSpot is one of the sources of the transactions. TRM Labs previously identified TokenSpot as a front for the sanctioned Russian exchange Garantex, both closely related to the "Kremlin-supported sanctions evasion ecosystem."
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