Prosecutors detain new person in Bank Fraud file in Moldova

16:00 | 02.11.2022 Category: Social

Chisinau, 2 November /MOLDPRES/ - The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office (PA) today morning informed about the detaining of a former MP, Vladimir Andronachi, in the file with the general title, Bank Fraud. Also today, another person was detained in the same file.

According to PA, the detained person is suspected of participation in the swindle in particularly large amounts in the interest of a crime ring and directly in the interest of Vladimir Plahotniuc, with the concerned person being a close friend of the latter. He had the task to ensure the getting of permissive acts from the National Bank of Moldova (BNM), which allowed the members of the crime ring to purloin money from Banca de Economii (Savings Bank) worth over 12.5 million dollars and more than 23.8 million euros.

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