Romanian prosecutors indict former presidential frontrunner on fraud charges
Prosecutors say Georgescu led a crime group that induced a businessman to pay €1.1 million with promises of 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 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.
The Bucharest Court, in the first instance, decided to replace the preventive arrest with the one at home, in the file of the fraud of more than a million euros. The case Ionel Rusen, considered the accomplices of Călin Georgescu, was not, however, as fortunate; the court rejected his request to replace the arrest with a milder preventive measure. Article The case considered the accomplices of Călin Georgescu from the file of the fraud remains i…
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