Mr. Yang had been fired from the cooperative for embezzling public funds, the statement said, without explaining whether the money had belonged to the cooperative or another public entity.
Mr. Yang had previously been dismissed from the cooperative for embezzling public funds, the statement said, without explaining whether the money belonged to the cooperative or some other public entity.
"At an annual cost of around £900 per Welsh speaking NS&I customer, or an additional cost of 3.78% for every pound of their deposits, our Welsh language scheme is not a cost effective use of public funds," it added in a statement to BBC Radio Cymru's Taro'r Post programme.
"This is an outrageous misappropriation of public funds," Mr. Fisch said in a statement.
Llarena also noted that several of those under investigation had seized on the minister's statement as proof that the misuse of public funds allegations were unfounded.
"We stand by our word: We do not intend to make use of additional public funds," Eric Strutz, the company's chief financial officer, said in a statement.
The Mayor – who has denied allegations from opponents that he has used public funds to promote himself and build his power base – promptly published a statement online, accusing the BBC of making a "racist and Islamophobic" programme.
"One thing goes without saying: We do not intend to make use of public funds," Eric Strutz, the chief financial officer of Commerzbank in Frankfurt, said in a statement.
In an early statement, he raised the issue of "contestability" as a good way of distributing public funds among broadcasters.
"Using public funds to lobby for a non-competitive extension of a contract is simply unacceptable," Friedman said in a statement.
The statement by the attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, said that Netanyahu is suspected of diverting some $102,000 in public funds for this use.
