From 1996, since he is president at FRH, Cristian Gaţu has covered all the miseries from the Romanian handball
Everything burst in march 2009, when it was found out that the Danish referees Gjeding and Hansen received money and girls to help Romania at the match in the preliminaries of World Championship 2009 with Montenegro. The former vice president of FRH, Petru Paleu, and the spotter of the masculine "national", Aihan Omer, were the ones who proposed money to the referees. "They offered us the amount of 60.000 euro and the services of two prostitutes", was the declaration of the referee Martin Gjeding.
The European Federation acted immediately and suspended Paleu and Omer for 5 years. Even FRH surcharged them with 27.500 euro. In the first instance, Gaţu negated any implication of the Romanian officials. "These referees cannot speak this way about the Romanian handball without having any proof", said Gaţu, on march 2009.
In June 2009, in an interview given to those from Academia Caţavencu, Gaţu confessed, without knowing that he was recorded. "I have evidence! When this scandal started, it was normal not to tell the truth, otherwise it would have been a proof for them. And do you know what the verdict was? They would have taken us out from all the official competitions... 4 years", confessed Gaţu.
What is Gaţu accused of?
1. He knew about the corruption in the Romanian arbitration
In process of time, many officials of the teams in Romania complained about the corruption which existed in the Romanian arbitration. But the federation has never taken incorrigible measures. Gaţu admitted in the interview given in June to those from Academia Caţavencu the fact that he knew everything. "It is real because Mr. Paleu and Mr. Omer and one called Sanie, who was at Fibrex Săvineşti
