A sentence in the trial of Ilan Şor, the mayor of Orhei, is likely to be pronounced till June 22, when his term of preventive custody is to end, said the prosecutor Andrei Baieșu.

Today’s court session was adjourned because a witness did not turn up.

Ilan Şor pleads innocent and says he expects a sentence favoring him.

He is indicted for swindling in huge amounts and money laundering, including involvement in releasing bad loans from failed Banca de Economii. He was detained in June last year and has been probed under house ever since.