Key legal question
Whether the accused was a professional asset manager within the meaning of aggravated embezzlement provisions.
Extracted holding
Yes. He acted through his own management company in a sustained and substantial asset-management role for the group, so the qualification was upheld.
Extracted reasoning
Professional asset management is not inferred from every managerial or fiduciary position. Here, the findings showed that the accused and his company handled implementation, finance planning, funding and bookkeeping for the group, i.e. they were entrusted in a significant way with managing the group assets on behalf of the organs' decisions.