Dan Josu, the husband of former DIICOT chief Georgiana Josu, died on Friday, just days before the final verdict in the Carpatica Asig case, in which he was brought to court almost 6 years ago and in which Justice Minister Catalin Predoju ruled last month preliminary decision.

His family confirmed the news of his death

“Indeed, my husband died at 1:52 p.m.,” Georgiana Josu told Libertatea, according to News.ro, saying “it was an illness for a long time that lasted until he could no longer walk.”

His son, Vlad Josu, wrote on Facebook: “I never asked the press for anything. Today I will do it: I demand decency! Thank you!”.

Conviction of Dan Josu and resignation of Georgiana Josu

Dan Khosa, former head of the Migrant Trafficking Service at the IGPR Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, was referred to the DNA Court on February 6, 2017 for influence peddling, inciting illegal access to an IT system, inciting the use, in any way, directly or indirectly, information that is not intended for advertising and bribery. Together with him, Angela Toncescu, a former member of the board of directors of Carpatica Asig Sibiu, another police officer, Catalin Marian Katarama, and the owner of the company, Ion-Sorin Tatu, went to court.

On September 24, 2020, Dan Josa, the husband of former DIICOT head Georgiana Josa, was sentenced to 3 years of suspended imprisonment in the corruption case he is serving. The decision was made by the Bucharest Court and is not final.

According to court records, magistrates sentenced Dan Hosa to 2 years and 6 months in prison for unlawful access to a computer system and 1 year and 6 months for the crime of abetting the use by any means, directly or indirectly, of information that is not intended to advertise or provide unauthorized persons with access to such information for the purpose of obtaining money, goods or other improper benefit for themselves or another person.

He was acquitted of abuse of influence and bribery. The court decided to combine the main sentences so that in the end he would serve 3 years of imprisonment with suspension.

Georgiana Josu was appointed Chief Prosecutor of DIICOT in February 2020 by a decree signed by Klaus Iohannis, despite the negative opinion of the High Council of Magistrates. The position remained vacant in October 2019 after Felix Benile resigned at the request of Klaus Iohannis following the Caracal case.

Georgiana Josu has resigned as head of DIICOT after her husband was convicted in the “Carpatica Asig” case for the crimes of inciting illegal access to a computer system and inciting the use of information not intended for publicity.

After resigning from the leadership of DIICOT, Georgiana Josu moved to the General Prosecutor’s Office.

In July 2021, President Klaus Iohannis signed a decree on the resignation of former DIICOT Chair Georgiana Josu at the age of 48.

Previous decision of Preda in the case of Dan Khosu

Although the Bucharest Court of Appeal was due to rule on the case on February 7, Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu said in an interview with Europa FM in January that Dan Josu, the husband of former DIICOT chairperson Georgiana Josu, had been paid

Predoyu later apologized, saying that he was solely to blame because he had not “verified the information received from unofficial sources.”

He says it’s entirely his fault because he didn’t “verify information received from unofficial sources.”