The Prosecutor's Office for Combating Corruption of the Republic of Moldova carried out investigative actions in the office of the National Bank in the framework of the banking fraud case. On March 5, the Prosecutor General of Moldova, Alexander Stoianoglo, on the basis of the investigations carried out, announced that he had ordered the detention of four people: former President of the National Bank Dorin Dragutanu, former Vice President Emmu Tabirza and current Vice Presidents of the NBM Aurelia Chinchilei and Ion Sturzu.

Dragutanu was president of the NBM in 2009-2016, Tebirce held the position of vice president of the NBM from 2008 to 2015, during the period when the theft of a billion euros and the landromat (Moldovan scheme for laundering Russian money), through which about 20 billion dollars went from Russia. Chinchiley and Sturza were appointed Vice Presidents of the National Bank in 2013. Earlier, the Investigative Commission recommended in their report that they be removed from office. Moldovan prosecutors have already charged Dorin Dragutan with fraud and money laundering on an especially large scale.