Another episode in the bank fraud case in which three former managers of the three bankrupt banks (Banca de Economii, Unibank and Banca Socială) and a division head of the National Bank of Moldova (ex-special administrator of Bănca de Economii) are featured was sent to court, IPN reports.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the prosecutors dealing with this case sent 49 volumes to court. The suspects are accused of large-scale swindle committed in the interests of a criminal organization, one of them being also charged with considerable money laundering in the interests of a criminal organization.

The persons in October – November 2014 purportedly withdraw money from banks and provided it to criminal associations, causing later damage of over 2.2 billion lei to the national public budget. To recover the money, the prosecutors confiscated property of the suspects estimated at about 2 billion lei.