Former national soccer coach Victor Pitsurka is avoiding judicial review after a Bucharest court accepted his appeal on Wednesday against DNA prosecutors’ decision in a case accusing him of influence-peddling.

The decision of the Bucharest Court is final, writes Agerpres.

In the same case, also under judicial control, are also the director of Romarma, Gabriel Tsutsu, and Alexandru Pitsurka, the son of the former selector.

According to DNA, against the background of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus, in the period from March 19, 2020 to September 16, 2021, Gabriel Tsutsu, as the general director of Romarm, allegedly entered into an association of companies of which he was a member, in violation of the provisions of the law. and a company controlled by Alexandru Pitzurke, under unfavorable conditions for the company he managed, concluded two public procurement contracts aimed at acquiring seven non-compliant machines for the production of protective masks.

DNA indictment in the case of Victor Pitsurke and the head of Romarm

• “1. Against the background of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, in the period from March 19, 2020 to September 16, 2021, Gabriel Tsutsu, performing the above-mentioned position, in violation of the provisions of the law, allegedly joined the association of companies, in which he was a part and the company, controlled by another person investigated in this case (Viktor Pitsurka – no), under unfavorable conditions for the company he managed, two public procurement contracts (which related to the purchase of seven inappropriate machines for the production of protective masks).
• Due to the actions mentioned above, CN Romarm SA suffered damages in the amount of 8,647,584 lei, which is the value of the above mentioned machines, the value of raw materials and subsequently the value of some related parts and services (outside the contract).
• 2. In a similar context, during the period 19.03.2020 – 10.04.2020, Gabriel Tsutsu claimed, among other things, from representatives of the companies involved in the above-mentioned purchases, the introduction into the commercial scheme of delivery of incompatible protective masks for the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) of his second, without him carrying out a real commercial activity additional to the contract for the supply of protective equipment and making payments to him (40% of the received profit share) under the guise of a consulting contract.
• In exchange for these “favors”, Tsutsu would allow himself to be believed to have influence over officials in the M.Ap.N. and that this will force them to entrust the supply contracts directly and without public procedures, and to carry out the problem-free receipt of the relevant products and the timely payment of the invoices issued in this regard.
• In the context mentioned above, Gabriel Tsutsu would have received the sum of 50,000 lei through an intermediary.”

DNA accusations in the case of Alexander Pitsurke

• “Amid the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus, between 19.03.2020 and 10.04.2020, the businessman would directly accept the conditions put forward by the defendant Tsutsu Gabriel (described in the previous statement) in exchange for which the latter would allow himself to believe that he had influence on some officials in M.Ap.N. and that this would result in them directly and without public procedures entrusting contracts for the supply of protective equipment against the coronavirus to an association of which the company managed by the defendant was also a part.
• In addition, defendant Tsutsu Gabriel also allegedly promised that he would force the same officials to accept the products in question even if they did not meet the requirements and to pay the invoices on time.
• As I stated earlier, in the context mentioned above, the defendant Tsutsu Gabriel would have received through an intermediary the sum of 50,000 lei, representing the price of influence peddling.”

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