Six bank employees were arrested on suspicion of involvement in money laundering in Moldova, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the Center for Combating Corruption and Economic Crime, the six employees are members of a criminal group that withdrew money from the funds of U.S. individuals and legal entities. The group consisted of 12 persons, including an employee of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and IT specialists. The group created a virtual net that collected money from the online payments made by U.S. citizens, which were later transferred to accounts in a bank in Moldova. The Ministry’s employee provided the group with photocopies of the identity cards needed to open bank accounts. The money was transferred through Western Union and Money Gram. After the transfer was confirmed, couriers went to withdraw the money. Afterward, the money was taken to the organizer, who is also a bank employee. The Center says the sums appropriated by the group total US$200 million. At the suspects’ homes, the anticorruption officers found and seized about US$300,000, a firearm and two luxury cars. The group members face up to 10 years in jail.