Hypermarket Permit, One Owner, Slightly Falsified

Item specifics

Condition	Final conviction, 20 Sept 2013 (ICCJ, decision no. 178)
Location	Craiova, Romania
Seller	Mayor of the Craiova municipality (1 person, unnamed)
Winning bidder	A Pitești-based hypermarket company (its majority shareholder paid)
Category	Construction
Sold	2006
Payment method	In several instalments, February to November 2006
Returns	No returns. 3 years in prison each; 50,000 euro confiscated (2013)

Description

What the bribe bought

The payments got a Pitești-based hypermarket company a construction permit for its hypermarket in Craiova; the ICCJ later annulled it as falsified. They were also linked to approval of a bus-route extension and two stops.

What happened

The majority shareholder of a Pitești-based hypermarket company paid the mayor of the Craiova municipality a total of 50,000 euro in several instalments, from February to November 2006. On 20 September 2013 the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) issued final conviction decision no. 178. The mayor and the shareholder each received 3 years in prison, and the ICCJ ordered 50,000 euro confiscated from the mayor.

Read the article

Dosarul „Mita de la PIC”: how the former Craiova mayor received the money · Adevărul · Article in Romanian

Official record

DNA communique: ICCJ final conviction, decision no. 178 of 20 Sept 2013 · DNA · Article in Romanian · Archived copy

Shipping & returns

Authority	Kind	Amount	Year
ICCJ	prison sentence (mayor; plus 3-year rights ban)	3 ani închisoare cu executare	2013
ICCJ	prison sentence (company's majority shareholder)	3 ani închisoare cu executare	2013
ICCJ	confiscation (from the official)	€50,000As stated in the source: 50.000 euro	2013