Romanian Anticorruption Prosecutors Detain Chief Of Arges Fin Guard, FC Arges Manager

Prosecutors heard Stoian and Pieca for about half an hour as suspects in Penescu's case and charged them with taking and offering bribe, respectively.

Penescu, owner of SC PIC SA Pitesti and of Arges Pitesti FC, was charged in June 2009 with offering bribe, influence peddling and setting up an organized crime group.

Liviu Facaleata, general manager of SC PIC SA Pitesti, was also charged with accessory to bribe, setting up an organized crime group. Dan Cristian Libertatu, former manager of the Arges County Consumer Protection Office was charged with taking bribe. Gheorghe Constantin, former president of the Referee Central Commission (CCA), was charged with taking bribe and setting up an organized crime group.

Prosecutors also indicted Florin Prunea, International Relations manager with the Romanian Football Federation, on charges of influence peddling. Anticorruption prosecutors also indicted referees Marcel Savaniu, Sorin Corpodean, Aurelian Bogaciu and former CCA vice-president Marcel Lica, on charges of influence peddling.

Other suspects in the case are Gheorghita Pieca, manager of SC PIC SA and Arges FC, for complicity in offering bribe, influence peddling and setting up an organized crime group, Cristian Minca, president of Arges FC, under the same charges and Daniela Carstiana, manager at SC PIC SA, for aiding a criminal.

Investigators said that between 2006 and April 2009, Penescu, Facaleata, Minca, Pieca and Gheorghe set up an organized crime group which committed several serious corruption crimes, in order to obtain financial or material benefits.

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