Three National Bank managers detained by anti-corruption prosecutors

Chisinau, 5 August /MOLDPRES/ – Three persons from the National Bank of Moldova (BNM) today were arrested by anti-corruption prosecutors, under suspicious of negligence at work that caused serious consequences. 

At a news conference, the head of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Viorel Morari, said that it was about the former deputy Governor of BNM, director of the Banking Supervision and Regulation and Licensing Department, who previously served as head of banking supervision department. 

"The detainings were made within a new file opened on 2 August, on the fact of negligence at work admitted by the BNM representatives in 2010-2014, which would have allowed laundering of 20 billion dollars through Moldindconbank. This money passed through the bank by transit, and suspects who were in charge of preventing such actions did not take any steps to stop this phenomenon. Law-enforcers found out that these people could stop these transactions, when the first billion was laundered," said Morari. 

According to the head of Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office, "more banks from the Russian Federation had opened accounts at Moldindconbank, through which they were laundering money .At the same time, this file has to do with the criminal case brought against the businessman Veaceslav Platon, accused of similar actions." 

The suspects run the risk of being sentenced to 6 years  of imprisonment, with deprivation of the right to hold decision-taking positions for a period of up to ten years. 

(Reporter P. Beregoi, editor M. Jantovan)