On January 30, 2012, Nastase had been sentenced to two years in prison by a panel of three judges. A new panel of five judges retried the case and changed Nastase’s charge, but sentenced him again to two years in prison.
The new ruling is final.
The other defendants in the case received longer prison sentences.
Irina Paula Jianu, former inspector general with the State Inspectorate for Construction (ISC), will serve six years in prison and have restricted rights for five years following the sentence. Diana Gasparovici, former deputy inspector general with ISC, will serve five years in prison.
Mihail Cristian Vasile, general manager of SC Eurografica SRL, has been sentenced to six years in prison, Marina Ioana Popovici will serve five years and her husband, Bogdan Popovici, will serve six years.
The six defendants, plus Arond SRL and Eurografica SRL, have also been ordered to pay ISC more than RON300,000 in damages to ISC. Jianu, Gasparovici, the Popovicis and Vasile will have to pay another RON300,000 to ISC.