The Anticorruption Prosecution Office has announced that it's forwarding to court a criminal case against a Balti man accused of obtaining a €1.25 million loan from the Banca de Economii (BEM) through fraud, IPN reports.

The General Prosecution Office recalled in a press release that in 2010-2011 the accused had inflated the financial statements of a company and together with its manager applied for the BEM loan.

The accused is in remand while his partner in crime, the manager, has been declared wanted.

The case will be heard by the Buiucani Distrct Court. If found guilty, the man will pay a fine of up to 3,000 conventional units or serve up to 8 years in prison and face a ban from certain jobs for a period of up to 5 years.