Penza, 16 December 2016. PenzaNews. VTB bank confirmed the fact that a criminal case on the large sum of money theft in the branch located in Penza was opened.

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“The bank confirms the fact that a criminal case against a worker of the Penza VTB branch was opened. The bank renders every assistance to the law enforcement authorities that investigate the case. We emphasize that we will always try to reach exposure of the workers who commit illegal actions,” the press service of the financial institution told PenzaNews on Friday evening, December 16.

Earlier, the press service of the Penza region department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported that the statement of almost 100 million rubles disappearance from one of the banks was received on December 9.

On the same day, the criminal case was opened under Part 4, Art. 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation [“Appropriation or embezzlement”] on the theft committed by unidentified bank workers during the period from February 2015 to December 2016.