The former president of Eximbank Ionuţ Costea was prosecuted on Friday, after he was definitively sentenced to 6 years in prison in the case of the rehabilitation of the Bucharest – Constanţa railway and he did not surrender and was not found at home, reports News.ro.
“Against the person in question, the Bucharest Court issued on 26.05.2023 a warrant for the execution of the prison sentence, being sentenced to 6 years in prison for committing the crime of bribery in the form of complicity”, is the announcement posted on the Police website Romanians, under the heading “Followed persons”.
The former Minister of Finance Sebastian Vlădescu was definitively sentenced on Friday to 7 years and 4 months in prison in the corruption case related to the payment of works on the Bucharest-Constanța railway section, in which he is accused of having received a bribe of over 2 million Of euro. Initially, Vlădescu was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison. Ionuţ Costea was sentenced to 6 years in prison, and in the case of Cristian Boureanu, the facts are time-barred. Also, the special confiscation of several amounts was ordered, while the seizure of several assets of the convicts was also maintained.
Mircea Geoană’s brother-in-law, Ionuţ Costea, was sentenced to 6 years in prison for complicity in taking bribes, for the crime of influence peddling with the statute of limitations intervening, which led to the termination of the criminal trial.
“Based on art. 396 para. (1) rap. to art. 16 para. (1) lit. f) from the Code of Criminal Procedure, orders the termination of the criminal process for the crime of influence-peddling provided. of art. 291 of the Criminal Code rap. to art. 6 of Law no. 78/2000, with the application of art. 5 of the Criminal Code, as a result of the fulfillment of the limitation period for criminal liability, according to art. 154 lit. c) from the Criminal Code. Reduces the amount of the penalty for the crime of complicity in bribery, prev. of art. 48 rap. to art. 289 para. (1) of the Criminal Code, with the application of art. 6 and art. 7 para. (1) lit. a) from Law no. 78/2000 and art. 5 of the Criminal Code, from 7 years in prison to 6 years in prison”, the court established, the initial sentence being 7 years in prison.
Editor : A.C.
