The deputy chief of a Cadaster office from Chişinău and the accountant of a state-run company have been detained for swindling.

The probe establishes that they deceived and abused the  trust of two people, in 2012 - 2016, and tool 38.7 million lei, under the pretext of 'arranging' the privatization of some plots of land in the Capital city.

They are aged 35 and 68 and face a sentence of up to 15 years of jail, if proven guilty.