The court equally acquitted the other 11 defendants in the file.
The decision in this case is not definitive and was postponed two times by now, August 2 and 20.
The Court also rejected the Prosecutors’ request to confiscate the amount of EUR9,885,496 and seize the movable and immovable assets of Dinu Patriciu, Alexandru Bucsa and Iulian Aldea. The court charges worth 50,000 lei (EUR11,235) will be paid by the state.
At the last hearing, the General Prosecutors’ Office asked for the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for businessmen Dinu Patriciu and Alexandru Bucsa for the crimes they are charged with in Rompetrol file. For the other defendants, prosecutors called for the minimum sentence, of ten years in prison.
In September 2006, Patriciu was charged with embezzlement, money laundering and conspiracy, capital market manipulation and disclosure of classified information, and the set-up of an organized crime group.
Other defendants in this file are Alexandru Bucsa, Petrica Grama, Florin Iulian Aldea, Cerasela Elena Rus, Claudiu Simulescu, Sorin Stefan Rosca Stanescu, Sorin Pantis, Victor Eros, Paul Gabriel Miclaus, Elena Albu and Gabriela Victoria Anghelache.