Pretrial detention for the man accused of impersonating an SRI officer. Weapons found by investigators during searches
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The man accused of having, under the pretext of being an SRI officer, created a structure capable of carrying out information-gathering missions and other missions of a secret nature, was pre-arrested for 30 days, on Thursday, by the decision of the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal, reports Agerpres.
The court accepted the proposal of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) and ordered the preventive arrest of the 27-year-old man.
“The decision of the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal is not final and can be challenged with an appeal within 48 hours of the pronouncement. The competence to resolve the appeal rests with the High Court of Cassation and Justice”, the statement reads.
The man is being investigated for committing the crimes of usurping official qualities, carrying out, without authorization, activities specific to the collection of information (in continued form), falsifying material in official documents (in continued form) and using forgery (in continued form).
Details from the investigation
DIICOT said on Tuesday that the man fraudulently recommended himself as an employee of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), in a secret structure with duties in gathering information and transporting classified mail.
He recruited several ex-servicemen who had missions in theaters of war or firearms enthusiasts who were shooting at authorized ranges, according to the DIICOT investigation. In front of them he presented himself as the SRI “captain” who “has the duty to organize a structure capable of carrying out intelligence gathering missions and other secret missions”.
After the recruitment, the man handed them fake SRI IDs, transceiver stations similar to those used by employees of the Ministry of Interior or the Ministry of National Defense, but with the SRI logo. Also, during the “missions” he gave them, he asked them to carry their personal weapons. According to DIICOT, the man aimed to easily obtain fraudulent material benefits through these missions.
“During the searches carried out, military effects (jacket, cap, egilets, military insignia), rifles, airsoft pistols, military-type knives, telescopic batons, handcuffs, transmission-reception stations, a body-cam, beacons, identification cards, documents as well as other means of evidence were discovered and seized,” said DIICOT in a statement sent thursday
