The Buiucani Court ordered remanding in custody the three persons who were arrested on charges of professional negligence as a result of which money was laundered from Russia through the Moldovan banking system, IPN reports.
According to a note of the National Anticorruption Center, the ex-vice governor of the National Bank of Moldova will be held in remand for 25 days, while the two division heads of the central bank – for 25 and 30 days.
The three were arrested in a new case that concerns the transiting of over US$20 billion from Russia through the banking system of Moldova, being accused of professional negligence.
The names of the three haven’t been made public by prosecutors, but the press reported that these are the former vice governor of the National Bank of Moldova Ema Tabarta, director of the Bank Surveillance Department Matei Dohotaru and director of the Regulation and Authorization Division Vladimir Turcan, who earlier headed the Bank Surveillance Department.
