In Russia, this man is most known as the husband of the singer Jasmine. In fact, Ilan Shor gained fame earlier than his star wife - as a politician from Moldova, an entrepreneur suspected of fraud in the banking sector, put on the international wanted list. Who is he really?
Many residents of Moldova believe that Ilan Shor is a vivid representative of the so-called "golden youth." He got the business as a gift, and then an inheritance from his father, a novice entrepreneur did not have to spend energy on its formation and development. Even after being charged with major banking fraud, Ilan remained at large, got a deputy chair, continued to invest crazy money in the promotion of his star wife, singer Jasmine. Why did he eventually flee the country and where is he hiding?
Biography
Ilan Shor - Moldavian of Jewish origin. The future entrepreneur and politician of Moldova was born in the second largest city in Israel, Tel Aviv, in early March 1987. According to some sources, his parents were born in Moldova, but in the 70s of the last century were forcibly relocated to Israel, in accordance with their nationality. When the boy was 2 years old, the family got the opportunity to live in Moldova and immediately returned there.
Shortly after the move, Ilana's father immediately opened two of his own businesses - a Duty-Free chain of stores and a trading company specializing in the sale of goods of well-known ShorHolding brands. From an early age, his son was interested in his father’s business, and he was happy to attract him, give instructions, take with him to business meetings and negotiations.
Ilan Shor started his own business at the age of 15, of course, not without the help of his father. Dad helped him open a business dealing in the sale of mobile communication devices, then a printing house. On his 16th birthday, the young man received a gorgeous gift - the post of head of his father's advertising company.
Career
The beginning of a career for Ilan Shor was 2005 - his father died, an 18-year-old guy had to take over all the business of running his business, and become a support for Ilona's mother and sister. And he did not disappoint his father - only 5 years later he was on the list of the richest representatives of Moldova on the world market. Moreover, he significantly expanded his father’s business, acquired significant shares of the state’s leading airport and three large banks.
In the assets of Ilan Shor, there was also a sports football club called “Milsami”. For 10 years, the entrepreneur managed to replenish the FC team with new promising players, bring him to the championship places within his country. After instituting criminal proceedings against the businessman, he had to leave the ward of the ward club.
Politics
In parallel with the development of the business inherited from his father, Ilan Shor tried to break into the political arena of his native state and gain a foothold there. And to say that he was unsuccessful in this aspiration, it is impossible.
Already while researching the evidence of his involvement in fraudulent banking schemes, Ilan Shor began to develop his political career. He won three significant victories in this direction:
- received the post of mayor of the city of Orhei (May 2015),
- headed the social and political movement "Equality" (June 2016),
- received the mandate of the deputy in the parliamentary elections (2019).
But Ilan Shore did not succeed in becoming a politician, all efforts were in vain. In these years, a criminal case was unfolded, even a sentence was passed, according to which Ilan Shor was sentenced to a term of 7.5 years.
Criminal prosecution
The case against the Moldovan businessman Ilan Shor was initiated by the country's anti-corruption prosecutor's office. According to the data received by their representatives, the entrepreneur and the novice politician "laundered" money; according to the results of the criminal transaction, he received 5 billion in national currency.
For several years, the case was “untwisted”, interrogations of the persons involved and the main person involved were carried out, as a result, a verdict was passed, but the convict filed an appeal.
For some time, Ilan Shor was in the cell, then under house arrest, and as a result, this restriction was removed from him, he even returned to his political career, but not for long.
In the summer of 2019, the Moldovan prosecutor's office received a warrant for the arrest of the deputy and businessman Ilan Shor, but by that time he had already managed to escape. The media leaked information that before the escape, he withdrew more than $ 1 billion from the state, but failed to track the entire path of money. Investigators have suggested that Ilan Shor is in Israel.
