Update Time 17:36 Niculae Bădălău was remanded in custody for 30 days, judges confirmed in the court record on Monday evening.
Update Now 15.02: Judges of the Bucharest Court of Appeal decided to detain Niculae Bădălu for 30 days, according to G4Media.ro sources.
“From the complaint presented by the said (…) (vol. 1 fil. 100-105), mayor of the municipality (…) in the county of Giurgiu, it emerged that the defendant Bădălău Niculae, former senator and former president of the ‘Provincial Organization of (… .) Giurgiu, currently Vice-President of the Supervisory Authority at the Court of Auditors of Romania, has developed a real way of operating by obtaining work contracts from the municipalities of
Giurgiu and Teleorman for the companies controlled by him, relying on his previous positions and above all his current capacity, which allows him to affirm that the non-execution of the works will not be ascertained by the bodies of the Romanian Court of Auditors.
He also takes advantage of the fact that the mayors fear his quality, fearing that, if they do not accept the assignment of the works to the companies indicated by him, they could be subjected to checks by the Court of Auditors of Romania” It is indicated in the minutes of the prosecutors with the proposal of preventive arrest.
Elena Matache, accused in the same case, will be placed under house arrest.
Update Now 11.40: Niculae Bădălău was taken handcuffed to the Bucharest Court of Appeal.
The judges will deliberate, at 12.00, on the request for preventive arrest presented by DNA in the Niculae Bădălău case
The original news: The judges of the Bucharest Court of Appeal will decide on Monday at 12.00 on the preventive arrest request filed by the DNA in the case of Niculae Bădălău, according to G4Media sources.
Former PSD Baron Niculae Bădălău, detained by DNA on Sunday evening in a corruption case, refused to make statements to prosecutors, judicial sources told G4Media.
According to the sources cited, prosecutors have video recordings of all of Badălău’s discussions with his informant, Mayor Dan Pasat.
Bădălău, current vice-president of the Court of Auditors, was arrested on Sunday evening, after being questioned by DNA in a corruption case. Prosecutors are investigating corruption and influence trading.
In the case, prosecutors are investigating alleged lobbying for companies owned by his children.
In the same file, a natural person, a representative of a commercial company, was detained for having committed the crime of complicity in corruption, according to DNA. Judicial sources specify for G4Media that it is Elena Matache and the company in question is Samby Intex SRL, the company of her son-in-law.
