The court also ruled that nine other culprits, among whom Ioan Crestin and Marius Locic, will be tried at large.
The court admitted only four of the 13 propositions made by organized crime prosecutors and its ruling may be appealed with the Supreme Court.
The preventive arrest warrants issued Sunday target Andrei Suditu, Adrian Martis, Andrei Nanu and Claudia Maria Peter, one of Vasile Crestin’s cronies who would carry out precisely all orders received from Martis and Nanu.
The total number of people placed under arrest in this case amounts to 11 after the same court issued Friday preventive arrest warrants for Daniel Sandu, Diana Mihaela Gireada (evaluator), Sava Tipa, Ioan Repede, Alexandru Ploscaru, Bogdan Florin Dinu and Livia Bobu.
Prosecutors had detained 20 suspects in this case and requested 29-day preventive arrest warrants on their names. On Thursday, prosecutors searched several places in Bucharest and in three counties targeting a group of bank fraud suspects accused of embezzling EUR85 million from two lenders by having taken illegal loans.
According to prosecutors, the group was backed by seven bank managers, who approved loans for 35 firms although the borrowers did not meet legal requirements.
People close to the matter told Mediafax Thursday that investigations target Lucian Cojocaru, vice-president of lender Volksbank and former BRD manager, as well as managers at two BRD units in Bucharest and at ATE Bank. Volksbank said Thursday it informed prosecutors back in May 2010 about loans obtained with illegal documents. The bank said its exposure in this case stands at EUR8 million.