George Copos

Gheorghe (George) Copos (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒe̯ord͡ʒe ˈkopos]; born 27 March 1953, in Tășnad, Satu Mare County) is a Romanian businessman and politician.

George Copos
Born
Gheorghe Copos

(1953-03-27) March 27, 1953
Tășnad, Satu Mare, Romania
NationalityRomanian
EducationPedagogy, Law school
Alma materUniversity of Oradea
Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy
Occupationbusinessman
Known forOwner of FC Rapid Bucharest
Spouse(s)Cristiana Copos
ChildrenAlexandra Copos
Websitehttp://www.copos.ro

A graduate of the communist cadres' training school Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy, he was in his youth a leader of the Union of Communist Youth.[1][2]

He is the owner of a chain of confectionery shops, a chain of electronics shops, several hotels. He owned the football club Rapid București between 1992 and 2013.

Copos was a member of the Conservative Party and between December 2004 and January 2006, he was a vice-prime-minister and State Minister in charge with coordination of the activities in the field of business environment and small and medium-sized enterprises in the Tăriceanu government.

On January 21, 2006, he resigned from the Conservative Party amid a corruption scandal. He maintained, however, his function as vice prime-minister and State Minister in the government. He also resigned from the government in June 2006, maintaining his function as a senator.

Football transfer conviction

On March 4, 2014, a Romanian appeals court sentenced him to 3 years and 8 months in prison for fraud, tax evasion and money laundering in connection with Rapid Bucharest football player transfers; he was also ordered to repay the equivalent of USD 690,000 to the football club and the Romanian state.[3][4]

"The Lottery" conviction

On the 26th of March 2014, a Romanian court sentenced him to 4 years in prison for fraud, in a case regarding the sale of several commercial venues to the Romanian State Lottery. [5]

gollark: Oh, yes, it hasn't and I just incorrectly something.
gollark: It's just all hilariously unusably slow.
gollark: Oh hey, matrix→IRC does exist.
gollark: The obvious solution is to implement the system we discussed on esoserver some time ago, and also to actually design that coherently, and to somehow attain arbitrary quantities of motivation and programming skills.
gollark: I don't reaaaally want to figure out how to interact with its APIs.

See also

References
  1. "Povestea neștiută a lui George Copos, așa cum reiese din dosarul său de cadre" (in Romanian). Romania libera. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  2. "UASCR+UTC = DE CE?!" (in Romanian). Cotidianul. September 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  3. "SENTINȚĂ ÎN DOSARUL TRANSFERURILOR. Copos - 3 ani și 8 luni de închisoare cu executare/MM Stoica - 3 ani și 6 luni, Borcea - 6 ani și 4 luni, Ioan Becali 6 ani și 4 luni" "ULTIMA ORĂ. SENTINȚĂ ÎN DOSARUL TRANSFERURILOR. Copos - 3 ani și 8 luni de închisoare cu executare/MM Stoica - 3 ani și 6 luni, Borcea - 6 ani și 4 luni, Ioan Becali 6 ani și 4 luni" Check |url= value (help) (in Romanian). Gândul. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  4. "Frații Becali, Copos, MM Stoica, Borcea, Popescu, Nețoiu și Pădureanu, CONDAMNAȚI la ÎNCHISOARE CU EXECUTARE" (in Romanian). 2014-03-04. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  5. (in Romanian). Gândul http://www.evz.ro/george-copos-asteapta-in-inchisoare-sentinta-in-dosarul-loteria-i.html. Retrieved March 5, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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