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Gvido Romeiko, director of the FCMC’s Legal and Licensing Department, confirmed to the program that last year the authority applied to the police to “assess how these transactions with the entry of new shareholders have taken place”, but due to secrecy he refused to comment on the police inspection and explain why did not contest.
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The LP explained to the program that the investigation had not been opened because no criminal offense had been identified during the inspection.
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The banking regulator agrees that a civil claim against the former management of the bank against the administrator of PNB banka could be justified.
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“From our point of view, yes, such a claim seems justified. But we do not know the other party’s arguments. In civil cases, this adversarial principle takes place, both parties show their evidence, it is analyzed, and in the end the judge has a heavy duty to decide who is right. “commented Romeiko.
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According to De Facto, in more than 30 million damages cases, the court agreed to seize the apartments and houses of several defendants, including property worth more than 700,000 euros in Denmark owned by former vice-chairman Rasmussen and a house owned by council member Haning in Germany.
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Both of them also have their shares seized. The former owner of the bank, Guselnikov, officially owns almost nothing, except for shares in a Cypriot company worth six euros. These assets would not be enough to recover the losses caused to the bank in case of a favorable judgment.
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Neither Guselnikov nor Rasmussen nor Hanings responded to De facto ‘s request for comment on the proceedings.
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As reported, the operation of “PNB banka” was suspended on August 15, 2019, but on September 12, the Vidzeme Suburb Court of the City of Riga declared “PNB banka” insolvent. PNB banka was suspended in order to prevent the bank from flowing out.
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On 15 August 2019, the ECB, as the direct supervisor of PNB banka, decided to recognize PBN banka as a financial institution in financial difficulties or financial difficulties, while the Single European Resolution Board decided not to liquidate PNB banka, which means not to measures to stabilize the bank.
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In view of the above, the FCMC decided to suspend the provision of financial services to “PNB banka” and decided on the unavailability of deposits. The ECB, as the direct supervisor of PNB Bank, took such a decision, finding that the bank had not complied with regulatory requirements and assessing the bank’s financial situation.
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According to the bank’s annual report for 2019, Guselnikov, who previously directly and indirectly owned 95.97% of the bank’s shares, now owns 23.47% of PNB banka’s shares, while the other shareholders own a total of 76.53% of the shares, but each individually less than 10%. The bank’s shareholders include Tamraz, Antoine Baclini, Dolly Huri, George Mgalobishvili, Mark Jeanlu D’Ombr, Michel Fayyad, Nikolai Paskalayev and Said Meraik.
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