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Last minute decision made by the Prahova court. Several people, some with many connections to soccer, have been convicted.
In addition to Nicolae Capră, 17 other people were sentenced to prison, with sentences of up to 7 years and four months, in what was called the “Romprest Case”. The Prahova court ruled in the Romprest case and, according to information published on the court’s website, ten people were sentenced to seven years and four months in prison, eight other defendants received sentences ranging from 3 years to seven. years in prison.
In addition to the prison sentences, the judges sentenced the 18 defendants to pay, in solidarity with the civil responsible SC Compañía Romprest Service SA, more than 18 million euros to ANAF.
The Court of First Instance admitted the civil action filed by the Ministry of Finance through ANAF and ordered the defendants, jointly and severally, Compañía Romprest Service SA, to pay sums for a total amount of more than 19.5 million lei.
“In accordance with art. 404 par. 4 C.pr.pen maintains the precautionary measure ordered by Ordinance No. 384 / D / P / 2014 of 05.05.2015 of the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Superior Court of Cassation and Justice – DIICOT – Territorial Service of Ploieşti in relation to the seizure of sums of money in lei and foreign currency, owed to SC Compania Romprest Service SA Bucharest by third parties Bucharest City Council, Azuga City Council and Tehcon Edilitare & Infrastructură SRL Otopeni, up to the amount of 19,821,513.76, which represents the damage caused to the state by the crime of tax evasion “, is also shown in the decision of the Prahova Court.
The decision of the court of first instance is not final and can be appealed within 10 days of communication.
The Romprest file
A number of 18 people, including Nicolae Capră, were sued in 2015 by DIICOT Ploieşti prosecutors in the Romprest case. The investigation focused on tax evasion, money laundering and the formation of an organized criminal group. In this case, the investigators ordered, at that time, the disjunction of the investigations against businessman Florian Walter.
According to the information provided by the investigators, Florian Walter was accused of constituting an organized criminal group that carried out, between 2012 and 2014, financial operations in matters of tax evasion and money laundering. The money owed to the state for income tax and VAT was passed through various shell companies. DIICOT established that Walter initiated and coordinated these financial circuits at various levels, the objective of which was to record the acquisitions of various commercial companies used exclusively for the issuance of invoices in the accounting of the company Compania Romprest Service SA Bucharest.
After the invoices related to fictitious acquisitions were recorded in the company’s accounting, the amounts recorded in the respective documents were initially transferred to the accounts of the issuing shell companies, then they were transferred to the accounts of other shell companies. and then they were withdrawn in cash and taken over by Florian. Walter, for personal use.
The damage caused to the consolidated budget of the State by the criminal activity of the group coordinated by Florian Walter amounts to the total amount of 4,500,000 euros, representing income tax and value added tax, to which is added the amount of 60,494,600 lei (equivalent to 14,000,000 euros) subject to the recycling process, the researchers said.
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