Judicial sources told MEDIAFAX that KazMunaiGaz International, OilField Business Solutions and SC Rompetrol Rafinare are civilly liable parties in this new case and their representatives were summoned for hearings.
In 2014, Bucharest Court of Appeals passed a definitive ruling sentencing senator Sorin Rosca Stanescu and former communications minister Sorin Pantis to prison for their roles in a stock market manipulation case involving Rompetrol.
Stanescu was sentenced to two years and four months in prison for using privileged information and setting up an organized crime group. Pantis was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for accessory to stock market manipulation and setting up an organized crime group.
In the case of former Rompetrol owner Dinu Patriciu, the court ordered the halt of criminal and civil trials following his death.
In April, China Energy Company Limited took over 51% in KMG International NV – the majority shareholder of Rompetrol Rafinare.