Update 22.22 – arrested for 24 hours: It is all just made up
Update 20.32 - Adrian Sârbu was detained Monday evening for 24 hours by the Prosecution office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ), in the embezzlement case file of Mediafax Group.
In this case, opened last year, the majority shareholder of Mediafax Group is accused of money laundering, tax evasion and embezzlement.
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Initial news 18.52
Former head of Media Pro Trust, Adrian Sarbu, was arrested by prosecutors on Monday evening and taken to the Prosecutor General.
Prosecutors are investigating him, most likely in the file open last year for money laundering, tax evasion and embezzlement.
The Mediafax Group employees were also heard in the case.
Adrian Sârbu is the majority shareholder of the Mediafax Group.
The case investigation includes several persons, three of which are on temporary arrest, Roxana Grigoruţă and Sorin Dinu, who held management positions within the SC Mediafax Group SA, and counselor Dragoş Chiş, Agerpres reports.
The General Prosecutor showed in December 2014 through the decision of 23 April 2013, that the company Mediafax Group SA was granted a tax liabilities payments rescheduling over a period of 24 months amounting to 3,949,358 lei.
On July 8, 2014, several searches were conducted at the Media Pro studios in a case investigating damages incurred amounting to 1,5 million euros
Adrian Sârbu’s fortune has gone down by half to 80-85 million euros, according to the last year edition of the Top 300 of the wealthiest Romanians.