Laura Vicol and Vladimir Ciorbă were placed today under preventive arrest for 30 days in the Nordis case, Digi24 reports.
Judge Irina Raluca Manu of the Bucharest Court of Appeal approved the arrest proposal of DIICOT prosecutors who accuse the defendants in the Nordis case, among other things, of forming an organized criminal group, money laundering and embezzlement. The decision is not final though and may be appealed by the defendants.
The case of the 11 defendants in the Nordis case, in which DIICOT prosecutors accuse, among other things, the formation of an organized criminal group, money laundering and embezzlement, was handled by Judge Irina Raluca Manu of the Bucharest Court of Appeal.
DIICOT prosecutors accuse the formation of an organized criminal group that allegedly embezzled almost 200 million euros of clients’ money. Other charges include money laundering, tax evasion, fraud with particularly serious consequences, and the bad faith determination of taxes, fees or contributions by the taxpayer.
Further disclosures appeared today, such as the one that four ANAF inspectors had not taken any measures against the Nordis group of companies, although they had already found out three years ago that there were irregularities there.
Before the ruling, Laura Vicol answered some questions of the journalists, saying she has nobody to report, yet announcing she will sue the Recorder journalists who investigated and disclosed the Nordis case, claiming they “were paid” to handle it.
“After 20 years of practicing law, I thought I could enter politics to change something. I must have chosen the wrong friends.”
Vicol also said that 700 apartments were to be handed over to Nordis clients on Monday, but this was no longer possible because DIICOT seized computers and other company assets.
Asked if she had filed any complaints, Laura Vicol reiterated that she had not filed any complaints: “What can I file against Mr. Ciolacu?”, Vicol replied to journalists.
The former head of the Legal Committee of the Chamber of Deputies declared that she would never flee the country: “Never, never will I flee. I will always stay here,” Vicol replied.
Following the searches, prosecutors seized over 50 computer systems and data storage devices, sums of money, and luxury items, including watches, jewelry, and handbags. Laura Vicol and Vladimir Ciorbă used the money people gave for the apartments promised by Nordis to buy luxury goods.
The former PSD deputy spent the money for an apartment in just three days shopping in Dubai. She is described in the prosecutors’ report as someone who “shows contempt for the damaged clients” and who “exhausts money through opulent and extravagant spending.”
OK, Justice will decide but I am have to point out some facts derived from details of the photo presented: 1) Grand Deluxe Suite of a cost of €2500 per night, 2) Mount Athos boutique bracelet worth €3, 2) Avatar II oversized t shirt worth €60 original or €10 from Monastiraki flee Market.