The five-year court docket course of ended with the acquittal of Läänerantna council chairman Armand Reinmaa, writes Eesti Ekspress.
5 years in the past, in Might 2019, the State Prosecutor’s Workplace prosecuted Reinmaa, her husband, 5 different folks and 7 firms. They had been accused of embezzling round 1.3 million euros from Aaspere Agro, a subsidiary of Vaklak owned by the Austrian Wolfgang Leitner, and cash laundering. The businessman had a 230,000-euro declare towards Reinmaa.
In September 2019 and January 2021, the decide despatched the indictment once more to the prosecutor’s workplace on the preliminary listening to. The proceedings started in September 2021. Throughout this time, for varied causes, practically 70 hearings had been canceled till this February, the court docket closed the prison case as a result of expiration of an affordable procedural time.
Though Reinmaa left the court docket a clear man, he didn’t escape unscathed. In reference to the prison case, the financial institution didn’t prolong the house mortgage settlement and requested to return greater than 70,000 euros inside two months. A number of native entrepreneurs gave up supporting the Massu Equestrian Sports activities Faculty, which gives curiosity training for kids. Reinmaa was additionally answerable for a part of the lawyer’s prices.
“My husband and I managed the adverse results,” Reinmaa advised Eesti Ekspres. “We knew that we had not dedicated the acts accused within the indictment.”
2024-05-29 12:15:08
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