Latvian Central Banker Hits Back in Deepening Bribery Scandal
- Top officials call for Latvian ECB representative to resign
- Rimsevics says he’s received death threat, target of campaign
Latvian ECB Member Rimsevics Caught Up in Graft Probe
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The embattled head of Latvia’s central bank denied seeking bribes and accused lenders of conspiring against him as the crisis engulfing the Baltic nation’s banking system deepened.
“I have taken the decision not to resign,” Ilmars Rimsevics, the Bank of Latvia’s governor and representative to the European Central Bank, told reporters in Riga on Tuesday. “I am not guilty.”