Moldovan businessman put under 30-day home arrest

Chisinau, 6 May /MOLDPRES/- The Chisinau-based Buiucani district law court today issued a sentence, putting businessman Ilan Shor under 30-day home arrest, in case of "mismanagement of the Savings Bank (Banca de Economii) of Moldova."

The head of the prosecution department at the National Anticorruption Centre (CNA), Bogdan Zumbreanu, referred to the restrictions imposed on the accused person. "Ilan Shor is not allowed to leave his home, the talks with certain people will be restricted and he is obliged to answer all the calls from prosecutors," Zumbreanu said.

He noted that the anti-corruption prosecutors would appeal the court's decision at the Court of Appeal, so that Shor should carry out the sentence in prison.

The prosecutor of this case, Adriana Betisor, pointed out that his detention had no connection with the publication of the Kroll report.

"Ilan Shor was detained as a result of fraudulent actions committed at Banca de Economii in November 2014. He is under criminal prosecution for excess of power," he said.

On 4 May, Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu published on his blog the Kroll report, which says that "in 2012-2014, a group of companies tried, by coordinated effort, to take over control over the Banca de Economii (Savings Bank), Banca Sociala (Social Bank) and Unibank". Shor's name is repeatedly appearing in the report.

(Reporter C. Russu, editor A. Raileanu)