The Arges Court decision may be challenged with the Pitesti Court of Appeals.
Mihai Bolocan and Serafim Cotenescu, members of the “Decembrie 1989 Metrou Romania” association, were arrested on the same charges.
According to anticorruption prosecutors, between 2009 and 2011 the three used their influence to obtain improper benefits, which amounted to 9,453,390 lei (EUR2.1 million), of which RON2,470,000 were transferred to Costin, who was president of the association.
On Monday, Costin was detained for 24 hours and was dismissed by Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu from the position of state secretary. (EUR1=RON4.348)