Dinulescu faces 10 years in prison

The former president of bankrupt bank Bankcoop, Alexandru Dinulescu, was extradited from the US yesterday and will serve the ten-year sentence delivered by the panel of Romanian judges, as he was found guilty of taking bribes. Police officers escorted Dinulescu back into the country around 11.30 a.m. yesterday, on a flight from New York. Alexandru Dinulescu claims he left Romania after an inquiry, during which he was presented with hundreds of documents and confronted with dozens of people. According to the former Bankcoop president, he was told by the investigators there was no evidence linking him to the institution’s bankruptcy. ZF