The former President of the Republic of Moldova, Petru Lucinschi, together with 5 other Unibank shareholders, were cleared from criminal prosecution in the bank fraud case. 

According to the General Prosecutor's Office, the actions of the accused do not include the obligatory element of the crimes, namely the direct intention to achieve the criminal purpose pursued by the organized criminal group to obtain a material benefit.

One year ago, Unibank's six shareholders were charged with committing particularly large-scale fraud and money laundering in the interest of an organized criminal group.