Prosecutors examine NIS Petrol Romania over information leaks By Reuters

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian prosecutors raided staff’ houses and the Romanian unit of Serbian NIS Petrol, managed by Russia’s Gazprom (MCX:) Neft, and have opened a felony investigation into allegations of confidential information leaks, the prosecutors stated.

Contacted by Reuters, the corporate didn’t instantly reply and Gazprom Neft referred Reuters to NIS Petrol for remark.

Anti-organised crime prosecutors stated in an announcement late on Monday they raided the corporate’s places of work and 9 staff’ houses within the capital Bucharest and the western Romanian metropolis of Timisoara in a case that considerations “divulging secret info and the unauthorised switch of digital information”.

After questioning eight individuals, the prosecutors stated 4 Nis Petrol staff had been beneath felony investigation for allegedly failing to adjust to Romania’s fuels regulation and the nationwide company for mineral sources’ (ANRM) rules.

Additionally they alleged they despatched private information about mineral reserves to their Serbian mom firm.

The assertion didn’t say whether or not these beneath investigation had been detained.

NIS Petrol holds oil and gasoline exploration and extraction concession rights in Romania and operates a community of petrol stations within the western a part of the nation beneath the Gazprom model.