An unexpected turn has occurred in the legal dispute involving the former deputy head of the Service for the Prevention and Combatting of Money Laundering within the National Anticorruption Center (CNA), Mihail Gofman, who passed away last year. The Supreme Court of Justice admitted the appeal filed by his legal successors and fully overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal. The panel ordered the case to be retried by a different set of judges. In the investigation The Battle for Mihail Gofman’s Undeclared Wealth, published by Anticoruptie.md, it was revealed that less than 40 days after his death, his undeclared assets began to surface. The mansion in Durlești — which he never admitted to owning but where he lived with his family — is now being inherited by his wife and three children.

Mihail Gofman came under media scrutiny and was dubbed one of the wealthiest employees of the CNA. Before his dismissal, his assets were the subject of internal investigations as well as journalistic inquiries. He was dismissed from his position on April 16, 2014, by then-CNA Director Viorel Chetraru, after which he made several revelations to the press.

The former deputy head of the Anti-Money Laundering Service attempted to regain his position through court action during a parliamentary investigation into the Laundromat case, in which he himself was implicated.

The parliamentary committee found that Gofman had offered consultancy services to individuals in the banking sector and, along with Viorel Chetraru (former CNA head) and Alexandru Stoianoglo (former MP and later Prosecutor General), promoted a legislative amendment that effectively paralyzed the activity of the Anti-Money Laundering Service.

After being dismissed, Gofman fled Moldova, but later returned and made a series of disclosures regarding cases that marked Moldova's recent history.

In August 2016, in an exclusive interview with Anticoruptie.md, Mihail Gofman revealed details about the U.S. criminal investigation into the theft from the Moldovan banking system.

The former CNA employee spoke about foreign forces allegedly involved in the heist, the connection between Russian companies that received the concession for Chișinău International Airport and the banking fraud, and the real reasons behind the accusations against former National Bank of Moldova leaders.

Gofman’s revelations were verified by reporters from the Center for Investigative Journalism. Their investigations exposed the role of Serghei Iaralov — the man behind Vlad Plahotniuc — and the Moldovan political class in the looting of the country's banking system.