PHOTO (by Vitalie Calugareanu): Chisinau Penitentiary
Sorin Ovidiu Vintu (credit: www.hotnews.ro)
Manager with the Vintu Empire - Inmate at the Chisinau Penitentiary
The sole administrator of two joint companies which have Sorin Ovidiu Vintu among the shareholders has been under arrest in the Chisinau penitentiary for several months, for theft. Four years ago, when the same administrator was a newcomer among Vintu’s groupies, he was apprehended by the police. Again it was theft, again in Chisinau. Together with him, one of the founders of a company related to the Posta Romana public company scandals was also apprehended.
By Vitalie Calugareanu and Stefan Candea
Posted on December 21st, 2009
On December 17th 2004, Sorin Ovidiu Vantu met his new manager, on paper, in the case of companies IMOLA SA and GELSOR ASSETS MANAGEMENT SA (Gelsor AM). That is the Moldavian citizen Vladislav DEREVENCO who was invested as sole administrator.
Derevenco can consider himself an accomplished man. He acceded in the high league of business, besides other experts: Vintu, Vladimir Soare, Gheorghe Raţiu and the Gelsor Group. At the age of 22, having gone through only primary school, owning a passport for only 2 months and having some issues with the police, Derevenco was the ideal candidate to take over the management responsibilities of two Romanian companies.
The documents appointing Derevenco sole administrator of Imola and Gelsor AM were certified and registered the very same day and afterwards issued in the Public Monitor. At that time, Vintu owned almost 60% of Imola and 1.5 % of Gelsor AM.
Arrested in Chisinau
An online random piece of news tells us about the professional career of the young employee with Vintu, a.k.a “the FNI father”. It’s a communiqué issued by the Chisinau police when Derevenco turned 23.
While patrolling to prevent private dwelling breaking and entering, the attention of the police officers located in the Botanica area was drawn by a white VAZ – 2101 vehicle, parked near one of the buildings located in the Trandafirilor Street. The vehicle wasn’t different in any way, but the driver’s and the passenger’s behavior was really strange.
When the officers asked them to identify themselves, as allowed by the law, both individuals tried to run away. They were apprehended on spot – the suspects were wearing a lot of gold necklaces and bracelets... To read the rest of the story, please click here.
