Anticorruption prosecutors seized a number of documents related to the investigated case during searches conducted at the head office of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) on April 29. The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office said the searches formed part of the criminal investigation measures taken in the bank fraud case, IPN reports.

In a press release, the institution says that six persons – former and incumbent officials of the NBM – were arrested and then changed at the start of March. These include a former NBM governor, a former vice governor, two incumbent vice governors, a division head and a department head of the central bank.

Currently, one of the current vice governors of the NBM is banned from leaving the place of residence. He cooperated with the investigation bodies and made statements related to the case. The other five were placed under house arrest.

The six persons are accused of involvement in swindle and money laundering in considerable amounts.

The prosecutors plan to take other criminal investigation actions in relation to other public figures who are suspected of having been involved in the bank fraud.