Prosecutor General Corneliu Gurin admitted to the existence of shortcomings in the work of the prosecutors and assumed responsibility for these. When questioned in Parliament about the situation in the financial-banking sector on May 7, Gurin said the circumstances show the problems in this sector appeared long ago and large sums of money have been stolen from the banking system in time and thus a series of thorough investigations are now needed to shed light in this case and avoid speculations, IPN reports.
The prosecutor general said ten criminal cases over obtaining of loans of several million euros by fraud were sent to court in 2010-2014. In the period, there were also sent to court eight criminal cases against ex-members of lending boards and the ex-president of Banca de Economii over violation of the lending rules. The damage was assessed at about 110 million lei and 5 million euros. There are also several cases concerning the stealing of money by managers of bank branches or representative offices.
Corneliu Gurin said seven persons are investigated as suspects, while three persons were charged, being remanded in custody, with one of them being under house arrest. In order to recover the possible damage caused to Banca de Economiii and Banca Sociala, property of suspects to the value of about 50,000 lei was sequestrated.
The prosecutor general also said that the status of the persons involved in this case is to be determined soon, but an official position on the financial irregularities at the three banks should be formulated. A detailed accounting and financial investigation is to be carried out and its results could be used an evidence in this case. The steps that are to be taken will take time as a simple accounting examination lasts for up to one year.
Corneliu Gurin noted that they will assess the activity of decision makers who promoted or adopted legal acts and decisions that allowed allocating money and assuming responsibility for the public guarantee. Measures will also be taken to recover the money.
