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Romanian prosecutors detain Georgescu, ex-presidential candidate, over €1.1M fraud

DIICOT searched five properties and questioned the pro-Russian former candidate as part of an organized-crime fraud investigation unrelated to his ongoing national-security trial.

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What to know

  • Georgescu, Romania's pro-Russian 2024 presidential frontrunner whose election win was annulled, was stopped and questioned over an alleged €1.1 million loan-guarantee fraud scheme.
  • DIICOT executed five search warrants and says the scheme, formed in 2021, involved posing as foreign financiers to extract cash guarantees from a victim promised multimillion-euro loans.
  • The fraud probe is separate from Georgescu's ongoing national-security trial over the 2024 election annulment, in which he faces 21 co-defendants including Horațiu Potra.
  • No formal arrest or preventive measure had been announced at time of reporting; supporters gathered at DIICOT and AUR leader George Simion called the action abuse.

Calin Georgescu Former Romanian presidential candidateGeorge Simion Leader, Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR)DIICOT (Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism) Romanian prosecuting authorityHorațiu Potra Co-defendant, former mercenary

Romanian prosecutors detain Georgescu, ex-presidential candidate, over €1.1M fraud
Kyiv Independent

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Sep 22yesterdaynow · 8:50 AM ET
  1. 2

    Supporters rally at DIICOT and Simion calls it abuse

    Several dozen Georgescu supporters gathered outside DIICOT headquarters, and AUR party leader George Simion publicly protested the investigation on social media.

    “Any of us can be next. Stop the abuse!”
    — George Simion
    • ukrdef@mstdn.social

      KYIV POST: Romania Detains Pro-Russian Georgescu in Fraud Probe https://www. kyivpost.com/post/84985 Romanian investigators stopped pro-Russian former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu in traffic and took him in for questioning in an organized crime and fraud investigation. Prosecutors allege that a group posing as wealthy financiers obtained…

      ukrdef@mstdn.socialMastodon3d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    • byteseu@pubeurope.com

      Pro-Russian Călin Georgescu, the Kremlin’s candidate in Romania’s 2024 presidential election, was taken into custody this morning. He is accused of fraud and of forming an organized criminal group that received more than €1 million from various Russian citizens. https://www. byteseu.com/2385023/ # Ukraine # UkraineWarVideoReport # UkraineWarVideos…

      byteseu@pubeurope.comMastodon3d agoview on Mastodon ↗
    • europesays@pubeurope.com

      https://www. europesays.com/3263970/ Former presidential candidate Kelin Georgescu was detained in Romania # romania # stiri

      europesays@pubeurope.comMastodon3d agoview on Mastodon ↗
    all of them →
  2. background

    DIICOT details the alleged €1.1M loan-guarantee scam — Prosecutors say the group promised a victim a €6 million loan in exchange for a guarantee payment exceeding €1 million, then offered to raise the loan to €15 million for an extra €100,000; the promised financing never materialized and the victim lost more than €1.1 million.

  3. 1

    Georgescu is stopped in traffic and detained for questioning

    Romanian investigators stopped Georgescu in traffic, took him to his home in Mogoșoaia during a search, then brought him to DIICOT headquarters for questioning; searches were carried out at five addresses in Mogoșoaia, Ciolpani, Buftea and Bucharest.

    “Romanian investigators stopped pro-Russian former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu in traffic and took him in for questioning in an organized crime and fraud investigation.”
    — Kyiv Post
  4. background

    Georgescu's 2024 presidential win is annulled — Georgescu became frontrunner in Romania's 2024 presidential vote on an ultranationalist, pro-Russian platform; the constitutional court annulled the result and ordered a rerun after intelligence identified a Russian-backed social media campaign to prop him up.

  5. background

    Alleged fraud group is formed, DIICOT says — Prosecutors say a criminal group led by a 64-year-old Romanian citizen (identified by local media as Georgescu) was set up in September 2021 to defraud businesspeople by falsely promising access to large foreign loans in exchange for cash guarantees.

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  1. 4 outlets Romania Probes Far-Right Former Presidential Candidate Georgescu for Fraud

    first by Balkan Insight, 3d ago · also Politico Europe, Straits Times, Euronews

    3 more headlines
  2. 2 outlets Romania's pro-Russian ex-presidential candidate investigated for fraud, media reports

    first by Mastodon, 3d ago · also Kyiv Independent

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