CCCEC examines case of raider attack on Moldova Agroindbank

Representatives of a number of institutions will be questioned by the Center for Combating Corruption and Economic Crime (CCCEC) and the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office about the raider attack on Moldova Agroindbank (MAIB), Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting a communiqué from the Center. Staring with September 19, there will be questioned representatives of MAIB, employees of the Central Bank and the National Financial Market Commission, translators, notaries and bailiffs. On September 14, the CCCEC sent citations to a number of persons involved in the case of share theft at Moldova Agroindbank. Before the questioning, there will be collected the pertinent documents for the criminal case and performed searches to find out relevant information. The investigation started on August 1 and is carried out under the scrutiny of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office. The raider attacks targeted four banks and an insurance company. It is said that a 27.5% holding in Moldova Agroindbank, 78%of the shares in Universalbank, 17% of the shares in Banca de Economii and a 5% holding in Victoriabank were appropriated through offshore firms.