Romanian prosecutors indict former presidential frontrunner on fraud charges
Prosecutors say he led a scheme that induced a businessman to part with €1.1 million by promising a €15 million credit line.
- Romanian prosecutors indicted Calin Georgescu, the pro-Russian former presidential frontrunner, on Thursday for orchestrating a €1.1 million fraud scheme involving an organized crime group.
- Prosecutors allege Georgescu managed the criminal group that defrauded a Romanian businessman of €1.1 million by falsely promising a €15 million credit line from a foreign financial institution.
- Georgescu has remained in pretrial detention since late September, while his wife Cristela Georgescu denied the charges on Facebook, claiming they are politically motivated.
- Beyond this fraud case, Georgescu faces separate trials for allegedly promoting Romania's 1930s fascist leaders and attempting to disrupt national security. He has denied wrongdoing in both cases.
- Romania canceled its 2024 presidential election due to suspected Russian interference favoring Georgescu, a critic of NATO, Brussels, and Western support for Ukraine. Pro-European Nicusor Dan won the re-run ballot in May 2025.
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Former Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu and businessman Ionel Rusen have been brought to court in a case of alleged fraud totaling 1,102,500 euros. The two are accused of creating an organized criminal group and fraud with particularly serious consequences, committed continuously. The indictment was filed by prosecutors from the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). The case has been sent to …
Former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu and businessman Ioan Russen were brought to justice in the file where they are accused of a EUR 1.1 million fraud, the Prosecutors of the Directorate of Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism Offences – Central Structure were announced on Thursday. DIICOT's statement does not indicate ...
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DIICOT prosecutors have completed the investigation and have brought to justice the file concerning Călin Georgescu, according to Reality Plus. The file is sent to the Ilfov Tribunal, and the defense asks for judicial review or arrest at home. Ionel Rusen, considered an accomplice, is concerned in the same file. Georgescu is under arrest for 45 days, and the Bucharest Tribunal has decided that he can be tried at home. The final decision will be …
In the same file was sent to court and businessman Ionel Rusen
The former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu was brought to trial in the third case, together with businessman Ionel Rusen, being charged with setting up an organized criminal group and cheating with particularly serious consequences, in continuous form, informs DIICOT.
DIICOT announced that it had sued Călin Georgescu and Ionel Rusen in the case where they were accused of cheating a businessman with more than a million euros.
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