 Eventually the case went to trial, and Puwak's husband, Iosif Mihai Puwak, was sentenced in December 2007 to a 30-month suspended sentence for embezzling 39,000 euros from the EU da Vinci funds.He was also ordered to reimburse the money.He appealed, but the appeal was rejected by the Bucharest Court of Appeals on 4 June 2009.