The employee of the National Bank of Moldova, who served as a special administrator at Unibank, will spend the next 30 days under arrest, following a decision taken by the Ciocana branch of the Chisinau City Court, IPN reports.
The Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases said the case forms part of the so-called bank fraud and refers specifically to the release of over €5 million based on the bank guarantees of 2015 under the special administration at Unibank.
The person was arrested as a result of searches carried out at the home and in his office at the NBM. The seized mobile phones, computers and electronic memory devices are to be examined.
The suspect faces a jail term of three to seven years and ban on holding particular posts and performing particular activities for a period of 10 to 15 years.
After the arrest, the National Bank of Moldova noted that the actions taken by prosecutors are not based on a definitive decision confirming that the invoked facts are true. “This way, in the absence of a final decision, it is premature to draw conclusions and to ignore the principle of presumption of innocence,” stated the NBM.
