Ioan Bendei, Serghei Bulgac, Mihai Dinei, Alexandru Oprea, Digi Romania S.A. and Integrasoft S.R.L. have been definitively acquitted after nine years of proceedings in the RCS & RDS case over League I match TV rights, Digi24 reports.

The final ruling comes after the supreme court dismissed DNA’s appeal and upheld the acquittal that the Bucharest Court of Appeal issued last November.

In a statement, Digi Romania said it had always viewed the criminal charges as entirely unfounded, and that the High Court of Cassation and Justice decision ends the accusations and confirms the company’s long-held position.

The case concerned League I broadcast rights and kept both executives and group entities on the docket for nearly a decade.

Dismissing DNA’s appeal makes the acquittal irrevocable. The company stressed that the verdict closes the judicial chapter on these charges.

The final acquittal lands while Digi Romania remains a major player in Romania’s telecom and television market.

Digi’s statement did not outline further steps; the immediate legal effect is the definitive end of the charges in this case.

Final verdict in DIGI Romania (RCS & RDS) case — Digi24

Image: Wikimedia Commons — Palace of Justice, Bucharest (CC BY-SA 3.0 RO).

Sources consulted: Final verdict in DIGI Romania (RCS & RDS) case — Digi24.