Criminal
Defense

Protection of business leaders and owners during inspections, searches, and criminal prosecution for economic and official crimes.

Focus

When our intervention is critical

Criminal law in business rarely involves street crime. It is most often the consequence of complex tax disputes, a conflict between founders, or a tool of pressure.

Unexpected business raid or search

Law enforcement (CNA, Prosecution, Police) raided your office. They seize servers, documents, and executives' personal devices, paralyzing the company.

Information disclosure requests

The company receives intimidating requests from authorities demanding commercial or financial documentation on transactions with counterparties.

Arrest threat or management indictment

The director, chief accountant, or founder is summoned for interrogation, threatened with detention, or already holds suspect/accused status under economic articles.

Internal corporate fraud

Embezzlement by a former director or partners has been identified. Immediate attorney investigation and criminal prosecution of the guilty parties is required.

Our White-Collar Crime Expertise

We protect the top management and the business structure itself from criminal and administrative risks in Moldova.

Defense in economic crimes

When a tax, fraud, or AML dispute is already moving into the criminal sphere.

Defense in cases of tax evasion, fraud, money laundering, and smuggling.

Protection of officials

When the investigation is already targeting the director, accountant, or owner.

Representation in cases of abuse of power, exceeding official authority, and negligence.

Emergency response to searches raids

When a search or seizure can stop the business on the same day.

Immediate arrival at the client's office to control the legality of investigators' actions and prevent the seizure of mission-critical assets.

Lifting seizure of property and accounts

When account or asset freezes are already blocking operations.

Prompt appeal against orders freezing bank accounts, real estate, and company goods to unblock operations.

Preparing employees for interrogations

When the team needs to be aligned quickly into one safe line of conduct.

Briefing top management and regular employees on how to behave during a search or interrogation, developing a unified defense position.

Internal investigation (Forensics)

When there are signs of internal embezzlement and a discreet review is needed before impact escalates.

Covert collection of evidence of intra-corporate embezzlement, preparing the evidentiary base for submission to law enforcement.

How We Shield Our Clients

In economic cases, every word spoken at the initial stage can become the basis for a guilty verdict. Our principle is preventive defense and strict information control.

Emergency Intervention

24/7 immediate deployment. We instruct the client meticulously prior to any interrogation to eliminate self-incrimination risks.

Independent Defense Probe

Running parallel defense investigations, acquiring independent forensic experts, and securing crucial alibi witnesses.

Aggressive Court Litigation

Relentlessly challenging pretrial detentions and systematically destroying the prosecutor's evidence base during trial hearings.

Gathering alternative evidence

Parallel attorney investigation: searching for defense witnesses, organizing independent financial and computer forensic examinations.

Challenging procedural measures

Fighting for release from custody (changing preventive measures to bail or house arrest) and petitions for immediate unblocking of company accounts.

Courtroom Defense

A proactive stance in court, cross-examining prosecution witnesses, destroying investigative conclusions, and defending in the Appellate and Supreme Courts of Moldova.

Examples from practice

In criminal cases, confidentiality is absolute. We provide only general descriptions of successfully completed cases, preserving client anonymity.

Total Exoneration of Fintech CEO

Client faced severe money laundering charges with all corporate banking accounts frozen under prosecutor orders.

Result:
Criminal pursuit entirely dismissed during the investigation phase due to lack of elements. All seized assets unblocked.
What we did

We built the defense position, challenged the prosecution's core theory, and secured the lifting of the freezes.

Attempted hostile takeover via a criminal case

Based on a fabricated complaint from a partner, a fraud case was opened against the CEO. The goal was to force the surrender of the business share.

Result:
Conducted a counter-investigation. Exposed the opponent's deliberate false denunciation. The client kept the business, prosecution terminated.
What we did

We ran a counter-investigation, gathered proof of the false denunciation, and turned the case momentum.

Acquitting top management of tax evasion

The chief accountant and director faced criminal charges over a tax dispute exceeding 5M MDL for past periods.

Result:
Destroyed the conclusions of the prosecution's forensic accounting expertise. A new expertise proved the absence of intent. Punishment reduced to an administrative fine with no criminal record.
What we did

We dismantled the prosecution's financial expertise, obtained an alternative review, and rebuilt the defense line.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers to what is usually worth clarifying before the first consultation.

When should the defense be engaged immediately rather than after the first questioning?

As soon as there is a request, an invitation for questioning, a search risk, or a clear signal that the dispute may move into the criminal sphere. The earlier the defense is structured, the more room there is to control documents, communications, and procedural risks.

What should a company do in the first hours after a search?

Document the procedural actions, avoid chaotic explanations, do not hand over extra data outside the legal procedure, and immediately bring counsel into the work with management and employees. The key is not to improvise and not to try explaining everything on the spot without a strategy.

Can the business still be protected if criminal pressure has already started?

In many cases yes, if the legal position is assembled quickly, real risks are separated from pressure tactics, critical documents and assets are protected, and communications with authorities are brought under control. The task is usually not only to defend the person, but also to preserve the company's operability.

Practice

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