S Romania Judges Allow Bail For Another Football Corruption Suspect

Also Tuesday, Arges court magistrates allowed the release on bail of Pic store manager Liviu Facaleata after his family put up his 20,000 lei (EUR1= RON4.1817) bail. 

 

Moreover, Arges Court judges rejected Tuesday the request for release on bail filed by Cristian Libertatu, former manager of the Arges County Consumer Protection Office. Libertatu’s lawyers challenged the court’s decision and the appeal will also be tried in the Pitesti Court of Appeals. 

 

In the refereeing corruption trial, on April 14 anticorruption prosecutors arrested football club FC Arges financer Cornel Penescu, suspended Central Referee Committee president Gheorghe Constantin, PIC hypermarket general manager Liviu Facaleata, as well as the former director od the Arges County Consumer Protection Office, Cristian Libertatu. Cornel Penescu and Liviu Facaleata are charged with offering bribe, while Gheorghe Constantin and Cristian Libertatu are charged with taking bribe.

 

On May 11, the Arges Court decided to discontinue the arrest warrants, but anticorruption prosecutors appealed, and one day later the Pitesti Court of Appeals allowed the action, thus the defendants remained under arrest for at least 30 days.