An employee of Podravska Bank in Dugo Selo, suspected of having taken nearly one million kuna from the bank, is also charged by the Zagreb police with having transferred bank money to a friend’s account for an extended period, who has also been arrested, although the exact amount involved has not yet been determined.
Investigating how the 25-year-old bank employee G.Č. took nearly one million kuna from the bank on Saturday, the police also discovered that the suspect had been transferring money to the account of his friend I.B., who is a year younger. The police state that it has not yet been determined since when he has been doing this and how much money he has transferred in total to his friend’s account. The bank reported the disappearance of about one million kuna only on Monday, and the suspect was caught yesterday in a village near Bjelovar. The police have filed criminal charges against him for embezzlement and abuse of position and authority, and against his friend for aiding in that abuse. The police did not want to disclose whether the money taken from the bank has been found, but unofficially it is learned that part of the loot was discovered during his arrest. (H)
