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What about the stolen property of Melli Bank customers?


According to Iran Economist, in the middle of June of this year, the equivalent of 168 rental boxes were stolen from the University branch of National Bank, and finally the police announced that they had identified and arrested the thieves about 48 hours later.

According to the police, the perpetrators of this robbery were 10 people, and the other two accused in this case were also identified and arrested in the neighboring country, who will soon enter the country through Interpol.

Also, the police confiscated more than 90% of the stolen items from these boxes.

Now, after more than a month has passed since the arrest of the National Bank robbers, the latest situation and measures to return the stolen property to their owners are being questioned. In this context, Melli Bank explained to Iran Economist that currently, the owners of the bank’s stolen property are invited to the bank’s central branch affairs department in Tehran, where, in the presence of the bank’s legal representative and appraiser, images of the property and goods in question will be compared and authenticated. to finally refer to the prosecutor’s office with the declaration code and number of the relevant species and property.

The stolen property is in the bank vault

Further, the explanation of the bank states that this stage of dealing with the stolen property of the bank is still ongoing and the property has not yet been handed over to the owners.

Melli Bank has also announced that currently, the stolen property of Melli Bank is in the bank’s treasury, and the prosecutor’s office should give a letter to the bank so that the property is handed over to the owners based on this letter.

No one has taken his property

Also, some of the owners of the stolen property of Bank Melli also stated in an interview with Iran Economist: Based on the documents that confirmed the ownership of the stolen property, we did the process of identifying and coding the property, but since not all the owners of this property have come forward yet, We have been told that a decision will be made to hand over and determine the assignment of the relevant property after all the owners have applied.

One of the owners of the stolen property of the National Bank says that no one has been able to collect his property so far.

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