Knowingly accepting financial means from the organized criminal group led by Ilan Shor for the purpose of financing the political party.
Art. 181/2 CP – Acceptance of funding from an organized criminal group or a criminal organization (association). Location: Glodeni-Mun Chișinău
Factual summary
Irina Dvorjanscaia, during the period from July 23, 2022, to October 20, 2022, acting as the president of the territorial organization Glodeni of the Political Party “Șor”, being responsible for coordinating the activity of the territorial organization in the Glodeni district, knowing that the political party is financed by an organized criminal group led by the former party president, Ilan Șor, through prior agreement with other persons, contributed, by complicity, to the acceptance of financing for the political party “Șor”, by providing information, services, and granting means and tools, and in this regard received and transmitted, through “Telegram” channels and other electronic communication means, to the employees of the Monitoring and Control Department of the party “Șor”, Evghenia Guțul, Maria Rață, and Cristina Galescu, lists of persons mobilized for protests by the territorial organization Glodeni of the Political Party “Șor” and the list of means of transport involved in transporting the protesters, photos of their boarding onto the means of transport, organized, by giving instructions to party activists, the mobilization and transportation of people back and forth on protest days, receiving money in particularly large amounts in bags and envelopes from couriers, paying for transportation and paying 400 lei/day for each protester for participation in the protests organized by the Political Party “Șor” in front of public institutions in the municipality of Chișinău (Parliament, Government, Presidency, General Prosecutor's Office, etc.).
Other property measures: Unidentified asset seizure
Court Decision
First instance: Conviction
Appeal: The appeals filed by the state prosecutor and the defense were dismissed as unfounded
Sanctions and measures
Imprisonment with execution. Imprisonment: 66 months
Financial indicators
CRJM expert observation
The case was tried in general procedure, and the defendant was not present at the pronouncement of the sentence. The court of first instance ordered in this regard the search of this case on July 28, 2025. To reach the conviction solution, the court of first instance examined several pieces of evidence (results of examinations, searches, special investigative measures, 2162 electronic files examined, etc.), including hearing 21 witnesses.
The case is relevant for judicial practice as it addresses facts of electoral corruption that took place in 2022, including revealing methods of using money accepted from the organized criminal group “Șor” (organizing and remunerating individuals to participate in protests, remunerating members of PP “Șor”), the amount paid to each person for participating in protests, as well as communication methods for the preparation and prolonged commission of the acts.
Case timeline
August 23, 2022 — 199 people were transported, with an amount of 118,800 lei paid for transporting the protest participants.
September 2, 2022 — 531 people were transported, with an amount of 265,500 lei paid for participant remuneration and round-trip transport.
September 9, 2022 — 379 people were transported, with an amount of 261,294.24 lei paid for participant remuneration and round-trip transport. The court noted that the amount of 643,816.48 lei indicated in the indictment for this date was erroneous and actually reflected the expenses related to September 18, 2022, which was not included in the indictment.
September 25, 2022 — 994 people were transported, with an amount of 676,483.70 lei paid.
October 2, 2022 — 1,039 people were transported, with an amount of 702,227.04 lei paid.
October 9, 2022 — 1,039 people were transported, with an amount of 723,994.68 lei paid.
October 16, 2022 — 1,228 people were transported, with an amount of 809,567.56 lei paid.
September 18, 2022 – October 16, 2022 — Dvorjanscaia Irina was responsible for the record-keeping, verification, and transmission of the lists of people in tents in the "City of Change"; the court noted the organization/mobilization of 870 people/day, paid at 100 USD/day, with a total amount of 87,000 USD, equivalent to 1,692,060 lei.
October 20, 2022 — actions were curtailed after the transmission of a package of 500,000 lei to an unidentified person acting on behalf of Dvorjanscaia Irina; subsequently, other packages of money intended for the territorial organizations of the PP "Șor" from the districts were discovered with amounts of 1,658,450 lei and 4,000 USD.
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| Case no. | 1a-1074/25 |
| PIGD no. | 1-24128303-02-1a-21112025 |
| Court | Chișinău Court, Buiucani branch |
| Started | 23.07.2022 |
| Verdict | 08.09.2025 |
| Case duration | 3 years, 1 month |
| Judges | Natalia Mămăligă, Ion Bulhac (Președinte), Vitalie Pîslariuc, Alexandru Negru · Recursul a fost înregistrat la data de 09 februarie 2026 |
| Prosecutors | Tatiana Nadulișneac, Roman Porubin, Ghenadie Epure, Irina Catan |
| Lawyers | Dumitru Marco, Vadim Banaru, Elic Dlujanschi, Aurel Malairău |
Art. 181/2 CP – Acceptance of funding from an organized criminal group or a criminal organization (association); art.42 para.(5), 45, art.181/2 of the Criminal Code; special confiscation (art.106 Criminal Code)
