Several popular music artists, sentenced to prison for deception. Filed false statements to collect money during pandemic
The magistrates of the Târgu Court sentenced to prison, but with suspension, 8 out of 13 Gorjian performers and accused of deceiving the state during the pandemic. The sentence is not final.
Singer Teodora Pan
According to AS in Gorj, among those concerned are well -known names of the scene of folk music: Roberta Maria Crintea, Victoria Lăcătușu, Nicoleta Ramona Lăcătușu, Romina Teodora Pană, Raluca Doriana Sandu, Cristina Olteanu, Maria Violeta Ciocăzanu (formerly procure Laviniu Gabriel Pădul, Marian Piscureanu, Alexandru Deaconescu and Marius Baldovin.
Most of the defendants were sentenced to prison, but with suspension, given that the damage – about 120,000 lei – has already been recovered. The sentence is not final, and those convicted can appeal, according to the portal of the Ministry of Justice.
The magistrates decided to prison, but with suspension, for most of the defendants, provided that the damage – about 120,000 lei – has already been recovered. The sentence is not final, and the convicted ones can appeal.
In fact, two of those sent to court, Teodora Pană and Alexandru Deaconescu, were sentenced to prison for a period of 1 year and two months, respectively 1 and a half years.
Prosecutors claim that artists have filed false statements to collect allowances from AJPIS Gorj during the Covid-19 pandemic, money for those who lived only from copyright, although some of them were employed with employment contracts.
Today's verdict comes as an image shot for the artists involved, who, while holding shows and sang on stage, officially stated that they had no source of income.
