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Prague:
A Czech communist member of the European Parliament and three Slovak nationals were arrested by Swiss police in a fraud case involving 350 million euros ($380 million), Czech and Slovak officials said on Friday.
"Three Slovak citizens were detained together with the Czech MEP Ransdorf after trying to withdraw 350 million euros at a Swiss bank with fake IDs," Slovak interior ministry spokesman Ivan Netik said.
Czech Minister of Interior Milan Chovanec confirmed the arrest of the four men, but he did not comment on the details.
The group tried to withdraw the money at a Zurich bank on Thursday but the documents they presented did not match records, according to media reports.
Miloslav Ransdorf, 62, an expert on Karl Marx and a former philosophy teacher who speaks about dozen languages, has served in the European Parliament since the Czech Republic's entry to the European Union in 2004.
"Three Slovak citizens were detained together with the Czech MEP Ransdorf after trying to withdraw 350 million euros at a Swiss bank with fake IDs," Slovak interior ministry spokesman Ivan Netik said.
Czech Minister of Interior Milan Chovanec confirmed the arrest of the four men, but he did not comment on the details.
The group tried to withdraw the money at a Zurich bank on Thursday but the documents they presented did not match records, according to media reports.
Miloslav Ransdorf, 62, an expert on Karl Marx and a former philosophy teacher who speaks about dozen languages, has served in the European Parliament since the Czech Republic's entry to the European Union in 2004.
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