Two employees of the Iasi branch of local lender BRD have been placed under judicial control by the local authorities, being charged with embezzlement. The two allegedly managed to steal a total of RON 2 million (over EUR 420,000) from the bank’s vault over a period of several years, between 2014 and 2017, local Ziarul de Iasi reported.

The investigation began last summer after BRD filed a complaint. At that time, the lender accused that a total of RON 2 million was missing from the Iasi branch. The investigation revealed that two employees of BRD Iasi stole the money from the bank’s vault.

The two, who were managing BRD Iasi’s treasury, found a unique way to hide the theft: they allegedly replaced the original labels of the money bags with other labels indicating a much higher value. Also, sources told Ziarul de Iasi that, in July 2017, one of the two employees manipulated the data in the bank’s IT system, fictitiously charging the bank’s balance.  

Both employees were called in for questioning at the end of last week, and were detained for 24 hours. The case prosecutor later decided to place the two under judicial control.

newsroom@romania-insider.com

(Photo source: Pexels.com)