Kroll-2: 600 millions of US dollars were taken out of Banca de Economii, Unibank and Banca Socială
At least 600 million US dollars were taken out of Banca de Economii, Unibank and Banca Socială during 2012 - 2014. BNM published a synthesis with details regarding the second Kroll report, made by Steptoe and Johnson. The money laundering was organized and managed by representatives from Șor's group.
According to Kroll-2, the moneys from Moldovan banks were loaned to some companies from Orhei, owned by Ilan Șor and were afterward transferred to two banks from Latvia.
Some of the money would then be returned to the financial institutions from our country, while the rest of them would disappear through some offshore companies from Belize and Panama.
The synthesis contains 57 pages and reveals in details the scheme of offering non-performing loans and to whom they were offered.
The document also states that Kroll experts have found traces of the money and will soon begin the process of recovering them.
It could take up to two years. According to BNM, Kroll-2 will be analysed, afterward measures will be taken to remove the faults in the system that allowed the organization of such frauds.
Representatives from Kroll will come to Chisinau at the beginning of the next year, to participate in a common work session with competent authorities from Moldova.
Then, investigators from Moldova will receive operative data on the tracking of fraudulent funds, including the list of beneficiaries.
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