Prosecutors detain six persons involved in bank system's embezzlement in Moldova

14:10 | 04.12.2020 Category: Social

Chisinau, 4 December /MOLDPRES/ - Six persons, among whom former leaders of the banks institutions involved in the embezzlement of Moldova’s bank system, have been detained by the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office and the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Causes (PCCOCS).

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office (PG), the detainings were preceded by a string of searches, carried out at the homes and in the vehicles of the suspects today. Presently, the suspect persons, in the presence of their defenders, are heard by prosecutors on the circumstances of the deeds investigated.

The PG said that the prosecutors’ actions were legal and aimed at documenting, identifying and calling to account, under the Criminal Law, all those who are involved in the embezzlement of the national banking system and not in the least – at recovering the damage caused to the state and citizens.

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