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The judges of the Bucharest court on Thursday postponed for the fifth time the case of Dumitru Dragomir, in which the former president of the Professional Football League (LPF) had been sued for corruption and complicity in money laundering d & # 39; money. The new mandate is December 14, writes Mediafax.
The sentence will not be final and may be appealed to the Court of Appeal.
On 13 November, magistrates of the Bucharest Court of Appeal finally acquitted Dumitru Dragomir, sentenced in first instance to seven years in prison for evasion, embezzlement and money laundering.
In this case, the DNA prosecutors accused the former president of the Professional Football League (LPF) for having claimed in 2009 a bribe of 3.5 million euros, which he received 3 , 1 million euros in the form of advertising contracts. the wedding salon that she owned through a business. Instead, he would have facilitated in 2008 the conclusion of the contract for TV broadcasting rights in Ligue 1 by RCS / RDS.
In addition, the son of Dumitru Dragomir, Bogdan Dragomir, is under investigation for complicity in bribery and money laundering.
In the same case, he is prosecuted for bribery and money laundering, Ioan Bendei, at the time of the administrative acts of a cable television company. Oprea Alexandru, at the time of the charge of the general director and chairman of the board of directors of the same cable company, is accused of complicity in corruption and Mihai Dinei, coordinator of the same cable company, makes the subject of an investigation for complicity of bribery. corruption and money laundering. Florin Bogdan Bădiţă, director of a company allegedly controlled by Dumitru Dragomir, is accused of complicity in bribery and money laundering.
"Between April 2009 and May 2011, the accused Dumitru Dragomir, as president of the Professional Football League (LPF), claimed 3.5 million euros (of which he received 3.1 million euros) to the suspect of Bendei Ioan, director of a cable TV business, in order to perform and not to perform acts relevant to his duties, as well as to d & # 's; 39; perform acts contrary to these.The money in question was claimed and received from the accused Dumitru Dragomir as part of the execution, during this period, of a football rights transfer contract of LIGA 1 football matches, concluded on 08.04.2008 between LPF and the consortium consisting of two companies, including the company administered by the suspect of Benda John ", said the l. DNA.
The money would then have been concealed in the form of payments made under a joint venture agreement between a company controlled by Dumitru Dragomir and the cable television company.
In 2008, at the level of the Professional Football League, a call for tenders was organized for the transfer of football rights to football matches of the "PARTNER" competition of Ligue I during the 2008 competition seasons. -2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. won by the companies represented by Ioan Bendei, the award price being 101,150,000 euros (including VAT). Later, in 2009, in the context of the economic crisis, winning companies would have asked the League to grant more favorable contractual terms, prosecutors said.
"In these circumstances, the defendant Dumitru Dragomir, taking into account his personal interest and the imminent failure of the consortium's contractual obligations, asked representatives of the cable television company to enter into a commercial partnership with a company. that he controlled, Therefore, in order to convince the defendant Dumitru Dragomir to defend the interests of the cable company at the level of the LPF in the context of the execution of the contract of assignment of the television rights of 15.08 .2009 between the company controlled by President LPF, represented by the suspect Bădiţă Florin-Bogdan and the company administered by the suspect Bendei Ioan, signed a joint venture agreement ", transmits DNA.
According to the source quoted, "the content of the contract was precisely designed by the parties in order to give the appearance of a typical association and to mask as far as possible their real desire, namely to give or to take bribes. wine".
On the basis of this contract, the television company reportedly received an amount of € 3,100,000 (13,059,290 lei) in 2009-2011 from the company controlled by Dumitru Dragomir in 27 installments, prosecutors said.
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"During the 2015-2016 period, the parties involved in the conclusion of the joint venture agreement acted to" wash "and" eliminate "the crime in order to dispel its illicit origin. several contracts have been concluded, and the parties wish only to make the joint venture legally binding, in particular as regards the amount of EUR 3 100 000 paid under the above-mentioned conditions, which were carried out until the end of the year. in 2016, have at the end, when the cable company bought the company on which was based the association agreement ", explain the investigators.
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