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rejected his appeal, upholding the sentence to 26 years in prison for murder, organized crime and fraud. The appeals of his two main accomplices, Valentin Șlepac and Adrian
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Florian Oprea, also saw their sentences upheld to 13 and a half years, 13 years, and respectively 5 years in prison.
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