Businessman Veaceslav Platon is charged by anti-corruption prosecutors in the file on the banking fraud. He was declared internationally wanted.  Meanwhile, the court of Buiucani sector issued a warrant of preventive arrest for 30 days for businessman Veaceslav Platon. Also, 2 decision makers from Moldindconbank were detained on suspicion that they acted upon the order of Veaceslav Platon.

Anti-corruption prosecutor Viorel Morari said Monday, July 25 at a briefing that Platon would have benefited from bad loans amounting to 800 million lei from BEM. "A group of legal entities managed by interposed individuals upon the order of Veaceslav Platon, took bad loans from a commercial bank. Subsequently, the loans were extinguished by the loans obtained from BEM. Now, Veaceslav Platon is charged for unjustified absence from the trial of the defendant", said the prosecutor.

National Anti-corruption Centre (CNA) prosecutors raided Monday at five Moldovan banks, including: Victoriabank, Moldindconbank, Moldova-Agroindbank and insurance company ASITO and they raised documents. Also, searches were performed at five companies and individuals who are suspected of involvement in this scheme.

According to Viorel Morari, prosecutors have established the link between the theft of the billion and transit of money from other countries, through a Moldovan bank, based on court orders. "These actions were concerted by the same person, this is proved by the documents which were raised today (...) There were several transactions, it is about Latvia and UK", said Morari .

Sergiu Sagaidac, former employee of Banca Sociala reproached to officials from Moldindconbank and Moldova Agroindbank that they were accomplices of the theft of billion through   interbank deposits at a 3% rate made by Banca de Economii and Banca Sociala, which they knew that these would be bad investments. Sagaidac presented a list of 22 people who should be questioned in BEM file. They are  Leonid Talmaci, President of  Moldinconbank,  Vitalie Groza, vice president of the same institution, Serghei Cebotari, President of Moldova-Agroindbank etc.

Mihail Gofman, former Deputy-Head of the Office for Preventing and Combating of Money Laundering within National Anticorruption Center  (CNA)  named in the TV program „Interpol” on TV7,  4 people involved in the theft of the billion. They are: Vlad Filat, Ilan Shor, Vlad Plahotniuc and Veaceslav Platon. "There was a fight between 2 groups, Filat – Shor, and Plahotniuc – Platon.  Group Filat-Shor won", said former employee of CNA.