The High Court upheld the final acquittals in the RCS&RDS case after rejecting the DNA appeal concerning the alleged €3.1 million bribe

On Wednesday, November 11, 2026, the High Court of Cassation and Justice rejected the DNA appeal and upheld the final acquittals in the RCS&RDS case. The decision concludes the trial that began in 2017, concerning alleged corruption related to the television broadcasting rights for Liga 1 matches.

Those acquitted include Dumitru Dragomir, former president of the Professional Football League, his son, representatives of the Digi group, and former RCS&RDS administrators. The acquittals also cover RCS&RDS, which became Digi Romania, Bodu SRL, and Integrasoft SRL.

The DNA argued that Dumitru Dragomir had allegedly received €3.1 million from RCS&RDS through an association agreement for the Crystal Palace Ballrooms complex. The money was transferred in 27 installments between August 2009 and May 2011, and investigators considered the operation to have disguised a bribe.

In November 2025, the Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled that the alleged bribe had not been proven and that the transfers represented a genuine commercial investment. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling after the convictions handed down in 2019 had been annulled because the Bucharest Tribunal lacked jurisdiction. The ruling of November 11, 2026, is final, and the legal costs remain the responsibility of the state.