embezzlement

He faces a lengthy jail sentence in Moldova for money laundering and embezzlement.

He’s been told that, in return, the embezzlement case against him would be frozen and potentially dropped when the war ends.

The agency believes the golf course and house were obtained as a “direct result of large-scale fraud and embezzlement, false accounting and money laundering”.

It saw his predecessor charged with embezzlement, and former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon questioned by police.

An international arrest warrant has been issued for Australian ex-rugby star Rocky Elsom following a conviction for embezzlement in France, French media say.