The association of depositors in the failed Eurostandard Bank alleges that Central Bank Governor Antia Bezoska who tipped off the Finance Minister and other high profile depositors to save their money on time, before the bank collapsed. Then Finance Minister Nina Angelovska withdrew more than 200,000 EUR in deposits from the Eurostandard Bank months before the Central Bank announced it is being placed under administration.

Governor Bezoska was informed about the transfers of deposits from the bank to foreign accounts as early as 2017. She knew well that various transactions, including money laundering, are taking place. These reports, prepared by the financial police, were kept secret, in order to allow the bank to continue with these operations. The Central Bank allowed the managers of Eurostandard Bank to engage in crime and shared the information only in a narrow circle of friends, likely with Finance Minister Nina Angelovska, the association said in a press release.

Over 60 million EUR were lost as the bank collapsed and are being recouped from public funds and money from the other commercial banks who operate an insurance fund. Over 15 million EUR of the deposits were given as credits to shell companies in Strumica, which bank owner Trifun Kostovski says were linked to the ruling Zaev family.