Five people to be tried after allegedly taking millions in loans from "Banca de Economii"

Chisinau, July 27. /MOLDPRES/- The Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office has completed the criminal investigation and sent to court the case of accusing five people, including an evaluator of the Expertise and Consulting Agency for money laundering in particularly large proportions, fraud, as well as acquiring credit by deception. The actions resulted in material damage estimated at 11 million lei (around 550 thousand euros).

During the criminal investigation, it was established that the evaluator of an Expertise and Consulting Agency, in complicity with the administrator and founder of a company, intending to obtain a credit by fraud from "Banca de Economii" SA, made the evaluation report of an unfinished commercial building in the municipality of Chisinau, in which unjustifiably indicated the market value four times lower.

Subsequently, the administrator and founder of the company, as well as six other persons, regarding whom legal proceedings are currently underway, presented the report and fraudulently acquired from "Banca de Economii" SA, No1 Chisinau, a loan of 42.5 million lei, which was not returned, causing the financial institution a particularly large amount of damage.

Later, during December 2011, they acquired 4.4 million lei from "Banca de Economii" SA, which were transferred to the accounts of several companies in order to hide their origin.

The accused did not admit their guilt, and the criminal case was sent to Buiucani-based Chisinau court. Regarding two suspects, who evaded the criminal investigation body, the procedural procedure was applied regarding the completion of the criminal investigation in their absence. At the same time, a seizure was applied to assets in the amount of 300 thousand lei, owned by one of the accused.

If they are found guilty, the persons risk imprisonment of up to 12 years, with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to exercise a certain activity for a term of up to 5 years, with a fine of up to 800 thousand lei.

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