Ana Maria Păcuraru, the daughter of the owner of the Realitatea group, burst into tears on Wednesday, live, after learning that the Bucharest Court canceled the prison sentence of Maricel Păcuraru in the Romanian Post case.
The news that her father won a court victory moved Maricel Păcuraru’s daughter to tears.
“Just two minutes ago, my father, the owner of the Realitatea trust, called me and sent me a court order. In that judgment we are told that my father did prison for nothing. He spent more than four years behind bars for nothing (…) For me it is a moment of victory (…) With today’s decision, we tell you that we have defeated the Parallel State because otherwise this decision would not have been possible (.. .). We, at Realitatea Plus, do not stop, we will continue to fight. I will still be here, Anca Alexandrescu will still be here, all those who work at Reality will still be here, we will fight, we will expose the untruths. To you, dear viewers, thank you for watching us in such large numbers. You wouldn’t have done this if you hadn’t seen what is being censored on other television stations and what is the truth,” said Ana Maria Păcuraru in her show from Realitatea Plus.
On Thursday, the Bucharest Court overturned the conviction of Realitatea Plus boss Maricel Păcuraru, on the grounds that the crime of abuse of office by violating secondary legislation was decriminalized, but the decision is not final.
Ana Maria Pacuraru. PHOTO Video capture Realitatea Plus
“The solution in short: Pursuant to art. 595 C.proc.pen. related to art. 4 C.pen. admits the request regarding the removal of the sentence made by the petitioner PĂCURARU MARICEL. It states that by criminal sentence no. 1419/20.12.2022 pronounced by the Bucharest Court – it was found that the crime of complicity in the abuse of service against public interests in the qualified form prev. of art. 26 rap. to art. 13 ind. 2 of Law no. 78/2000 rap. to art. 248, 248 ind. 1 Criminal Code from 1969 with the application of art. 41 para. 2 Criminal Code from 1969 for which the petitioner Păcuraru Maricel was convicted (…). With the right to appeal within 3 days of communication“, the court decision states.
In November 2014, Maricel Păcuraru was definitively sentenced to 4 years in prison for complicity in abuse of office and money laundering in the Romanian Post case. He was found guilty, together with the former director general of the Romanian Post, Mihai Toader, of a damage of over 14.3 million lei (almost 3 million euros).
What charges were brought against Maricel Păcuraru and the other defendants in the case
The prosecutors showed, in the indictment, that during 2006, the defendants Toader Dan Mihai, Lepădatu Emanoil and Marinescu Andrei, as president of the Board of Directors and General Director, Executive Economic Director, respectively Executive Director of the Strategic Development Directorate of CNPRSA, initiated and approved the conclusion of 6 insurance policies for Romanian Post employees for risks such as: accidents, occupational diseases, health risks, etc.
The policies were concluded between Pošta Română and SC Allianz Ţiriac Asigurări, SC Astra Asigurări and SC Omniasig Vienna Insurance Group in violation of CNPR SA regulations and the general and specific conditions regarding life insurance. As a result of these contracts, there was damage to the Romanian Post in the amount of 14,387,819.59 lei, the equivalent of approximately 4,087,000 euros.
Neculai Pintilie, Daniela Moisă and Lucian Beşchea fictitiously participated in concluding these policies, as intermediaries, thus illegally benefiting from the total sum of 6,944,765 lei, representing the brokerage commission, according to the prosecutors.
The investigators also indicated, in the act of referral to the court, that Maricel Păcuraru would have benefited from the total amount of 6,781,465 lei. Also, Păcuraru acquired the sum of 1,741,500 lei, which he used in his personal interest and transferred to other natural or legal persons, although he knew that it came from crimes.
For their part, knowing that it comes from the illegal conclusion of insurance policies, Pintilie, Moisă and Ditcov recorded in the accounting of the companies managed by them and controlled by Păcuraru the total amount of 12,892,273.86 lei, which they later transferred, in different ways, to other natural or legal persons, in order to hide their illicit origin. Also, Pintilie and Moisă registered fictitious expenses in the company’s accounting, evading the payment of a profit tax to the state budget in the total amount of 2,313,439 lei, DNA prosecutors also showed.
