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reaching an agreement. Short time after this, the old man died and his wife disappeared, police being informed of this disappearance by a business associate of
Patriciu. Not long after, the house was demolished and the land was taken over. Accused by the press of involvement in a murder, Patriciu denied any involvement and claimed that her death delayed the project.
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In 1990, he founded the first private company in
Romania, "Alpha", having architecture and constructions activities. The following year, Patriciu's company began buying land in a northern district of Bucharest to build an apartment complex. A couple of octogenarians initially refused to sell, before
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of sending him a note in 2005 asking to influence the political investigations of Dinu
Patriciu, an ally of Popescu-Tăriceanu. Băsescu said that he did not make the note public earlier because he wanted to avoid derailing the negotiations for EU admission. The Prime Minister admitted he sent the
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and initiation or establishment of an organised crime ring. Patriciu was accused of being involved, as CEO of
Rompetrol, in a case of embezzlement in 1999–2001. The company misappropriated an amount of $ 85 million owed to the state budget under EPSA agreements.
1006:"De ce a murit Dinu Patriciu. "Era slăbit, tras la faţă, nu mai avea pic de masă musculară. Era de nerecunoscut" mass-media spune ca a murit într-un spital din London, dar spitalul nu a auzit niciodată de el. Aici e un mare semn de întrebare ce multi nu-l analizează"
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Patriciu and the other defendants were acquitted in 2012 during the first trial, in a verdict that was later overturned following an appeal of the prosecutors. The Court of
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Patriciu's business activity was marred by legal troubles, being charged with defrauding the state, money laundering and illegally manipulating markets, but he successfully withstood the investigations into allegedly corrupt privatization deals.
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and fraud. He was freed at the end of the 24 hours, as the judges refused to extend the warrant requested by the prosecutors. Patriciu accused the prosecutors of "serving a reactionary interest group represented by
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144:; 3 August 1950 – 19 August 2014) was a Romanian billionaire businessman and politician. At the time of his death, Patriciu was the richest man in Romania. His wealth was based on the
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In 2007, he bought the Fabian Romania Property Fund, a British real estate investment fund in Romania. As of 2012, his
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Romania, the development was done using credit from suppliers and banks, with almost no funding from the investors.
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in 1950, the son of Valeriu Patriciu, a mining engineer and chief geologist for Astra Română oil company during the
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While the criminal case against Patriciu was ended due to his death, the civil case continues.
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570 million debt of Rompetrol to the Romanian state was converted in 2003 into bonds by the
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Năvodari, the largest refinery in Romania was sold to Rompetrol for $ 50 million.
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627:"Dinu PATRICIU: Sinteza activitatii parlamentare în legislatura 1990–1992"
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Patriciu attempted to build a convenience store chain named
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