This Man’s About to Get Elected After a $1 Billion Bank Fraud
The scandal in Moldova redrew the country’s political map and will test again its fragile grip on democracy in a vote this weekend.
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Ilan Shor makes an unlikely champion of the poor, even by the colorful standards of former communist Europe.
Last year, the Israel-born businessman was sentenced to seven years and six months in jail for his alleged part in a $1 billion bank fraud in Moldova that cost its taxpayers the equivalent of 12 percent of the economy. He has a Russian pop-star wife -- her stage name is Jasmin -- and a penchant for high-living in places like the Cote d’Azur.