{"id":3145,"date":"2020-05-11T03:04:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T00:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zdg.md\/en\/?p=3145"},"modified":"2020-05-11T03:04:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T00:04:33","slug":"the-case-of-a-former-supreme-court-of-justice-judge-pending-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-case-of-a-former-supreme-court-of-justice-judge-pending-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case of a Former Supreme Court of Justice Judge Pending in Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0In November 2019, prosecutors searched the home, office, and car of the former Supreme Court of Justice judge, Oleg Sternioal\u0103. Following the search, several documents were seized. However, the state prosecutors have not yet managed to examine them, or the searches have not yet been legalized by the investigating judge.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prosecutors are trying to obtain legalization of searches in the case in which the former judge is accused of money laundering and illicit enrichment. In the meantime, Oleg Sternioal\u0103 is free after the court rejected the Prosecutor’s Office’s application for pre-trial detention.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the representatives of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, on November 4, 2019, prosecutor Roman Statn\u00eei carried out three searches in the case that concerns the former judge of the Supreme Court of Justice. The prosecutor searched the former judge\u2019s house, car and office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 5, 2019, the prosecutor filed a lawsuit to legalize the searches. So far, none of the three searches have been legalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The searches may be carried out without the permission of the investigating judge in urgent cases. Subsequently, the searches may be carried out based on a reasoned order of the prosecutor, and within 24 hours from their completion, it is necessary to submit the legalization of the action. Following this procedure, the investigating judge verifies the reasons invoked by the prosecutor and the legality of the search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Anticorruption Prosecutor\u2019s Office representatives informed us that the Ciocana district Court is examining the  legalization procedure of the search of Sternioal\u0103’s home. However, the confirmation of the legality of the searches from the office and the car were rejected. The prosecutors appealed against the rejection to the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In the absence of a confirmation of the legality of the search, the examination of the seized objects and documents cannot take place. The trade products expertise of movable and immovable property is ongoing and also a request for a rogatory commission in Romania. The former magistrate has the status of accused on both charges starting with January 30, 2020,\u201d specify the representatives of the Anticorruption Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG appealed for a reaction to the former judge’s lawyers. One of the lawyers told us to come back later with a call, but he didn\u2019t answer later. The second lawyer did not answer ZdG’s calls either. Earlier, Sternioala’s lawyers said that the search from November 4 was unauthorized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roman Statn\u00eei, the prosecutor who had managed the criminal case in which the former judge Oleg Sternioal\u0103 is targeted<\/a> resigned in January 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n