RIA NOVOSTI. Effective August 9, 2012 the Bank of Russia cancelled a license held by Bank Kamchatka, based in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, where over Rub 145 mln disappeared.
“The Bank of Russia herewith informs that it has adopted a decision to cancel effective August 9, 2012 a banking license held by Commercial Bank Kamchatka LLC, based in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky," the regulator said in a press release.
This week Igor Tkachuk, deputy head of the Regional Directorate of the Economic Security and Counteraction of Corruption at the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, said that this amount was stolen from the bank’s cash office within three to five years, RIA Novosti noted.
The lender’s supervisory board chairman applied to the policy with suspicions the funds were stolen this June. The first check, according to Tkachuk, was conducted on June 27. As Rub 145.3 mln disappeared from the bank’s cash office, a criminal case into grant theft was initiated. The police is investigating all circumstances of the theft.
Based on the bank’s financial statement as of July 1, 2012, retail deposits totaled Rub 209.40 mln, and the bank is a member of the national deposit insurance system.
The bank’s participants are 10 individuals and 5 limited liability companies, and also federal state unitary enterprise Kamchatavtodor. The bank has operated since 1993 and has held a retail license since 2000.
