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BUSINESSMEN PRESENT SCHEMES OF MONEY WITHDRAWAL FROM BANKS TO OFFSHORE

17 september, 2014
BUSINESSMEN PRESENT SCHEMES OF MONEY WITHDRAWAL FROM BANKS TO OFFSHORE Businessmen Denis Ureche and Alexei Damaschin presented schemes, the realization of which led to withdrawal of 18 million euros from Moldovan banks.

 

At the Tuesday press conference at Infotag, they announced the list of companies that were taking credits in Banca de Economii (BEM). Later, this money was transferred to off-shore accounts and expensive real estate was bought abroad.

 

The businessmen named 9 companies, which were receiving such credits, and presented the list of offshore companies, to which the money was transferred.

 

According to Ureche and Damaschin, two people were managing these funds in the offshore companies – Ion Lambantu and Iurie Drozd, being covered by someone on the top of the pyramid of power.

 

“The same group of companies is connected to the problematic credits worth 100 million lei in Victoriabank and 30 million lei in Eximbank, taken in 2008-2009”, said Damaschin.

 

In the opinion of Damaschin and Ureche, against whom fictitious civil lawsuits were filed on the taken credits in banks, these companies “realized an attack on the Moldova’s financial security, which means on judicial system, and are now preparing to attack the political system of the country, because they are able to pay millions of euros to ensure for themselves political patronage.

 

Talking about the real cost of collateral for 18 million euros withdrawal from banks, Ureche said that the existing pledges are worth not more than 20 million euros.

 

Businessmen expressed their readiness to provide all the information so that the law enforcement officers to be able to disclose the criminal group and bring those responsible to justice.

 

Denis Ureche said that on Wednesday, September 17, the parliamentary Standing Committee for Economic Policy, Budget and Finance, headed by Veaceslav Ionita, will be hearing the situation on BEM, of course if the meeting takes place.

 

Answering the question, why the banks were so easily giving credits, if the value of collateral was far from corresponding with the borrowing, Ureche and Damaschin said that the scheme provided payment of 5-10% commission.

 

Ureche said that the banks shareholders and depositors “should control the banks stricter and see where the suspicious amounts of money are going”.

 

Talking about Ex-Foreign Minister Vlad Filat’s connection with the companies, which took credits worth 18 million euro in banks, Denis Ureche expressed opinion that “the politician has been cheated, as a child”.

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