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Latvian central bank governor freed on bail

Xinhua,February 20, 2018 Adjust font size:

RIGA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Bank of Latvia Governor Ilmars Rimsevics, who was detained last weekend in connection with a bribery probe launched by the Baltic country's anti-corruption authority, was released on 100,000 euros (124,000 U.S. dollars) bail on Monday evening, the Latvian Corruption Prevention Bureau informed.

Earlier on Monday, representatives of the Corruption Prevention Bureau said at a news conference that Rimsevics featured as a suspect in the bribery probe and that he has been barred from performing his office duties as head of the Latvian central bank pending the investigation.

The Corruption Prevention Bureau's representatives said that the criminal investigation into organized solicitation of a large bribe, worth at least 100,000 euros, was launched on Feb. 15.

The anti-corruption watchdog did not reveal the parties involved in the bribery case, but said that the case was not related to any crediting institutions currently operating in Latvia. Enditem

 

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