Azerbaijan, Baku, March 17 / Trend T. Jafarov /
The trial over those accused of a big financial crime is being held in Iran. About 18 people are accused of misappropriating bank funds to the amount of $ 2.8 billion, Trend reported with reference to "Fars" agency on Saturday.
About 27 people were arrested. The criminal cases were filed against 50 individuals, representative of Prosecutor General's Office and Iranian judicial system Gulamhuseyn Mohsin Azhei said earlier.
He said that in general, about 126 persons are involved in the case, of whom 106 were accused of misappropriating the funds from a branch of the Iranian National Bank by opening a credit line.
Director of the Iranian National Bank resigned after the scandal.