﻿{"id":209304,"date":"2025-12-03T17:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/judge-from-the-laundromat-case-initially-acquitted-convicted-by-the-court-of-appeal\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:08:14","slug":"judge-from-the-laundromat-case-initially-acquitted-convicted-by-the-court-of-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/judge-from-the-laundromat-case-initially-acquitted-convicted-by-the-court-of-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge from the &#8220;Laundromat&#8221; case, initially acquitted, convicted by the Court of Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A suspended judge, targeted in the &#8220;Laundromat&#8221; case, was found guilty by the Central Court of Appeals, after being acquitted by the first instance in October 2023. The court found that the magistrate knowingly issued three decisions contrary to the law, but he was released from punishment due to the statute of limitations for criminal liability, reports IPN.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case, opened in 2016 following the self-notification of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, targets civil decisions issued in the period 2011-2012, when the judge was president of the Telene\u0219ti Court. 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