MOSCOW, March 15 - RAPSI. The management teams at a number of Russian banks are suspected of unlawfully sending over $3.4 billion abroad.

They may soon be detained, Interior Ministry Corruption Department deputy head Andrei Zdor said, adding that he was referring to "a criminal group."

The police searched several financial institutions, including Fondservicebank, which maintained the accounts of the entities that performed the remittance transactions.

Fondservicebank is suspected of breaking the law in servicing state-financed entities' accounts.