Top guard questioned in Unibanka heist: Bank robbed of 1.65 million lats, five detained

  • 1998-09-10
  • Sandra L. Medearis
RIGA - A pile of foreign currency worth 1.65 million lats walked away from Unibanka in a peaceful separation Aug. 28, its departure facilitated by involvement of one or more Unibanka employees, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Edgars Stripkans.The robbery, described at a press conference as an "accident," left questions that investigators could not answer for themselves or the public.The daytime theft of bank notes in four different languages eluded detection until Monday, Aug. 31. During the following week, bank employees figured out that the lion's share of the take went out in U....
 
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