The second stage of the investigation into the stealing of €1 billion from three Moldovan banks is still being negotiated with the only bidder - the consortium consisting of Kroll and Steptoe & Johnson LLP. After the meeting of the Committee on Financial Stability, Prime Minister Valeriu Strelet said the price asked for recovering the money is exaggeratedly high, IPN reports.
The Premier also said that a number of questions will be transmitted to the bidder in several days. When an answer is received, a decision will be taken whether the country affords to pay this price. He refused to say how much the recovery of money would cost, noting that society will know this when the second phase of the investigation is launched.
The final objective of this investigation is to provide the NBM with a clear chronological picture regarding the persons who managed the dubious transactions, who controlled the banks and who benefitted from the given transactions.
If it is accepted, the consortium of companies will have to initiate civil, penal, intergovernmental and insolvency (if necessary) measures, in coordination with the NBM, in Moldova and in foreign jurisdictions so as to trace and recover the assets.
