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2014 Moldovan Bank Fraud Scandal
In 2014, $1 billion disappeared from three Moldovan banks: ''Banca de Economii'', ''Unibank'' and ''Banca Socială''.The great Moldovan bank robbery
(18 June 2015)
The bank fraud in was a coordinated effort involving all three banks working together to extract as much loan finance as possible from the banks without any obvious business rationale. , a Moldovan businessman, "masterminded" the scam. Shor was chairman of the board at ''Banca de Economii'' (Savings Ban ...
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