The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) informs that, following the visit of the Kroll representatives to the Republic of Moldova, received officially all investigation documents of the international consortium Kroll and Steptoe & Johnson, which have been transmitted to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
The documents refer to the fraud that led to the insolvency of three banks of the Republic of Moldova: Banca de Economii S.A., Banca Socială S.A. and Unibank S.A.. The representatives of the Kroll and Steptoe & Johnson companies confirmed the availability to collaborate with the investigative bodies of the Republic of Moldova in order to support the effort for recovering the fraudulent funds at the international level and to strengthen the evidence basis in the procedures initiated at the national level.
A summary of the investigation report, which discloses how funds have been stolen and the countries where these funds circulated or reached, was published on 21 December 2017 on the NBM official webpage (http://www.bnm.md/ [1]). The summary is available in English [2] and Romanian [3] languages.