The judges of the Buiucani branch of the Court of Chisinau municipality on November 8 started to examine the case in which ex-MP Kiril Luchinski is accused of fraud at Banca de Economii, Banca Sociala and Unibank. Three witnesses for the prosecution were questioned in the first hearing, IPN reports.
After the hearing, prosecutor Eugen Rurac said there were questioned two private individuals who administered companies that were controlled by Kiril Luchinski and the prosecution provided evidence confirming this. The third witness was the former president of Unibank. By the statements made today, the witnesses substantiated the accusations made against the ex-MP.
“It was confirmed that Kiril Luchinski was the final beneficiary and controlled these companies through designated persons. Two of these witnesses were initially accused of complicity, but it was ultimately established that they didn’t benefit from the money and didn’t know where it came from,” stated Eugen Rurac.
For his part, Kiril Luchinski told the journalists that the accusation of money laundering made against him wasn’t confirmed by the witness. “The witnesses confirmed that we didn’t do this. The last witness, from the bank, stated that the loan was indeed raised and repaid. Everything was legal. The prosecutor said what suits him,” he stated.
Kiril Luchinski was arrested on May 25 this year and was shortly placed under house arrest. He is accused of money laundering and of violating the rules of declaring property by hiding the fact that he owned a company that was allegedly involved in the banking frauds. Kiril Luchinski pleads not guilty.
