OREANDA-NEWS. November 2, 2007. Information was released today in the press about a police search in two Moscow offices of Promsvyazbank, in relation with a criminal investigation, warranted by the Central Office of the Interior Ministry of the Central Federal district, concerning a fraud case. In addition it was pointed out that the suspected person was a high ranking officer of Promsvyazbank.

Promsvyazbank officially denies the information about any implication of its employees in the criminal case, which was the source of today’s search.

The individuals, being the object of the present criminal investigation and, which names were figuring in the documents presented to the bank by the investigator are not employees and never worked with the bank.

As a result of the search, no documents related to the companies mentioned in the criminal investigation were seized.

Promsvyazbank’s operations are carried out as usual.