{"id":207496,"date":"2026-10-15T11:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207496\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T11:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:14:06","slug":"estonian-prosecutors-accuse-belarusian-man-of-laundering-e860000","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207496\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonian prosecutors accuse Belarusian man of laundering \u20ac860,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Estonian authorities charged a 47-year-old Belarusian man arrested in mid-June with repeated large-scale money laundering as part of a criminal group, Estonia\u2019s Prosecutor\u2019s Office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect was part of a group providing money laundering services that operated in Estonia from March through June, it said. He reportedly carried out transactions involving cash and cryptocurrency totaling more than \u20ac861,000 with the purpose of concealing the true origin and owners of the funds. Investigators also established that the money laundering service was provided to an individual convicted of a drug-related crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three days ago, a court decided to extend the term of the suspect\u2019s pretrial detention. <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> identified him as businessman Aleh Maisieje\u016d, who had joined the election campaign of \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja in 2020 and served as her personal driver at that time. The man later received political asylum in Lithuania, distancing himself from Cichano\u016dskaja and criticizing her and pro-democracy forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 15, Pozirk. Estonian authorities charged a 47-year-old Belarusian man arrested in mid-June with repeated large-scale money laundering as part of a criminal group, Estonia\u2019s Prosecutor\u2019s Office reported. The suspect was part of a group providing money laundering services that operated in Estonia from March through June, it said. He reportedly carried out transactions involving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":185280,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-207496","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Estonian prosecutors accuse Belarusian man of laundering \u20ac860,000 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 15, Pozirk. 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