Countdown to claim almost 2 billion crowns on bank accounts

Around 1.9 billion crowns (around 70 million euros) still lies unclaimed on anonymous accounts of one of the Czech Republic’s biggest banks, Česká Spořitelna, with two days left to claim it. The bank is closing the accounts, which ceased to be valid in 1992 due to fears of their abuse in money laundering, at the end of the year. The sum left over will be transferred to a charitable foundation by the bank.