Nasatse was sentenced by a five-judge panel of the High Court of Justice to three years in prison for bribe taking and four years for blackmail. The Court ruled the sentences would be merged and Nastase would serve the four-year term.
Upon release from prison, Nastase loses the right to run or be elected for public office for five years.
In March 2012, Nastase had received a three-year suspended sentence for blackmail in the same case and had been acquitted of bribery charges, but the ruling was appealed by the defendants and prosecutors alike.
Nastase was in prison between June 26, 2012 and March 18, 2013, serving a two-year sentence for corruption in a separate case. He was released on parole.