The court has temporarily frozen the property of those accused in the Empire case

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The Special Public prosecution has demanded that the assets must be temporary freeze as a security measure and the court has assigned temporary measures and bans for expropriation and the managing with the shares in the companies for which there is a suspicion that were used for gan with he criminal acts for which the case “Empire” was started.

“Apparently, a judge from a previous procedure, who acted upon two proposals from the prosecution for a temporary ban of conducting financial transactions for legal entities for whom there is a suspicion that by conducting criminal acts, the persons that are under investigation have gained profit, and the judge has accepted the suggestions and by issuing orders it has urged several banks to prevent the outflow of assets from the accounts of these legal entities” informs the court.

The court also informs that the defence has lodged pleas for the judge’s decision for setting measures for securing presence and that the Criminal Council will be additionally deciding upon them.

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