This story makes it sound pretty legit. I was skeptical when I heard on the news this morning that the FBI was involved in a terror sting. Usually in the US that means goading some moron teenagers into accepting a bomb and bombing instructions from the FBI so that they can have a news conference that justifies their terrorism budget. They said on NPR a few months ago that 100% of domestic FBI terror foils since 9/11 have been of the FBI-created variety. One can be forgiven for being skeptical of their claims at this point.
This was my reaction too. As soon as I heard it I wrote it off until I saw that it was a five-year long AP investigation. Throw in that Moldova is fucking insane and the fact that it's occurred at least four times and I'm shocked that this seems to be the real deal.