Monday, April 11, 2016

Bank of Italy started checking in the Italian offices of the Chinese bank ICBC – RIA Novosti

Office of Chinese bank ICBC, archive photo

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MOSCOW, April 11 -. RIA Novosti Bank of Italy carries out a control check in Italian offices of ICBC of China’s state-owned bank for suspicion of financial fraud, Reuters reported citing familiar with the matter the source.

in June 2015 it became known that the Italian prosecutors want to bring to justice 297 persons, mainly citizens of China, as well as a branch of ICBC staff in Milan on charges of alleged smuggling of more than 4.5 billion euros (5.1 billion dollars) in China between 2006 and 2010.

a branch of Bank of China in Milan They were committed several million transactions less than 2 million euros. When larger amounts conduct verification sources of income required. It is reported that during these transactions Bank of China received 758,000 euros commission.

In 2008-2009, the Italian Financial Intelligence Service (UIF) has found hundreds of suspicious transactions from Italy to China, which took place a fictitious Chinese company Money2Money. These were sent to the prosecutor of Florence, which was engaged in the investigation.

The source told the agency that the current test, which began a few days ago, and continues to be conducted in the framework of a judicial investigation of Florence. ICBC representatives confirmed that the tested, but argue that it is a routine procedure that is not related to the investigation of the transaction Money2Money.

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