{"id":7381,"date":"2021-06-22T17:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?p=7381"},"modified":"2021-06-22T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T14:11:07","slug":"another-suspect-detained-in-the-billion-dollar-bank-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/another-suspect-detained-in-the-billion-dollar-bank-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Suspect Detained in the Billion Dollar Bank Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Prosecutor\u2019s Office announced today that a former special administrator of Unibank, appointed in 2015, was detained for 72 hours in the billion-dollar bank fraud case being accused of abuse of office in the interest of a criminal group. The suspect risks from three to seven years in prison.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prosecutor\u2019s Office representatives claim that together with the Intelligence and Security Service, it is carrying out an investigation in the billion-dollar bank fraud case, namely, in the issue of offering over 5 million euros from the bank guarantees account in 2015, within the special administration of Unibank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prosecutors carried out searches at the home and office of an employee of the National Bank of Moldova, who in 2015 was appointed special administrator of Unibank. As a result of the searches, the authorities seized mobile phones, electronic media, and documents. The suspect is accused of abuse of office in the interest of a criminal group and according to the law, he risks imprisonment from 3 to 7 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to exercise a certain activity for a period of 10 years and 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 30, 2014, the National Bank established a special administration regime on Unibank for a period of 9 months. By the Decision of the Board of Directors, Ruslan Grate, an employee of the National Bank, was appointed as special administrator of Unibank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Last week Monday, June 14, the controversial businessman, Veaceslav Platon, sentenced in 2017 to 18 years in prison for allegedly obtaining, through illegal schemes, about 1 billion lei (47 million euros) from the Banca de Economii bank, then released and re-tried, was acquitted, by the magistrates of the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court in the bank fraud case.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?p=7330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Controversial Businessman Veaceslav Platon Was Fully Acquitted<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prosecutor\u2019s Office announced today that a former special administrator of Unibank, appointed in 2015, was detained for 72 hours in the billion-dollar bank fraud case being accused of abuse of office in the interest of a criminal group. 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