The former mayor of Năvodari, Nicolae Matei, gets rid of the “Năvodari Camp” file by prescription / He and the other two defendants must pay compensation of over 8.6 million euros
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The Court of Constanța established the prescription of criminal liability in the file known as “Tabara Năvodari”, in which the former mayor Nicolae Matei was tried for abuse of office and conflict of interest, according to the minutes of the meeting. The decision is not final.
The court terminated the criminal trial in the case of the other two defendants, Dima Neculai and Ștefan Ciocănel, accused of complicity in abuse of office.
Although the criminal trial ended, the court forced the three to pay more than 8.6 million euros to the state and SC SIND Romania SRL.
The DNA prosecutors accused Matei Nicolae that, as the mayor of the city of Năvodari, he improperly removed several buildings from the patrimony of the state company that managed the local children's camp, according to G4 Media. The DNA file has been delayed by the courts for almost 8 years.
According to the indictment cited by Ziua de Constanța, during the period 2008-2011, Nicolae Matei, as the mayor of the city of Năvodari, would have initiated steps through which he pursued the abusive removal of some buildings from the patrimony of the company that administered the Năvodari Children's Camp. In 2008, Matei would have issued an address that was the basis for obtaining, by a company controlled by the mayor and managed by the defendant Dima Neculai, a certificate attesting the right of ownership for a 6.2 ha plot of land, although the surface belonged to the city of Năvodari. In reality, this company was entitled to be given back a similar piece of land, but located in another area, with a much lower tourist potential.
In 2011, the mayor allegedly initiated a local council decision by which 298 buildings from the camp were entered into the private domain of the city, an operation qualified by prosecutors as an illegal expropriation, without public utility and without compensation. Later, part of the buildings were sold at auction, although the company had contested the foreclosure.
Nicolae Matei was sentenced in 2020, in the first instance, to 9 years in prison with execution in another case, according to Info Sud-Est.
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