Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published loading...Updated

Calin Georgescu Arrested with Fake Knights of Malta ID Card

Former Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu has been detained for 24 hours as part of a new organised-crime and fraud investigation involving an alleged €1.1 million financial scheme, with investigators also discovering a fake diplomatic identification card purporting to have been issued by the Order of Malta. Georgescu was taken into custody on Monday after […]

26 Articles

Right

A legitimation presented as a diplomatic document of the Order of Malta, on behalf of Călin Georgescu, would have been found months by investigators during the searches carried out at the residence of the former presidential candidate.

Lean Right

Calin Georgescu would have claimed to be "sensor" and "prior to the United States of America" using a "diplomatic identity card" issued by an organization claiming to represent the Order of Knights of Malta. The article Calin Georgescu would have used a false diplomatic legitimation of the Order of Knights of Malta claiming to be "sensor". The Ambassador of the Order of Malta in Romania shows him: "The person concerned is not a member of the Ord…

The Order of the Knights of Malta came to public attention after, following searches at the house of Călin Georgescu in Mogosoaia, the investigators discovered a legitimation presented as "diplomatic" document of the organization. The official representatives of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta maintain, however, that Georgescu is not a member and that the document found in his home is "wholly falsified".

·Bucharest, Romania
Read Full Article

Controversy over the legitimacy presented by Călin Georgescu ends new details after lawyer Cíprian Păun publicly explains that the document does not belong to the State of Malta, nor to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, but to a self-proclaimed structure, without official recognition. Păun describes widely the origin of these parallel organizations, how they operate and the fundamental differences to the Order [...] Article Cíprian Păun Law…

As a result of searches carried out by DIICOT prosecutors, a number of documents presenting Călin Georgescu as a "sensor" would have been found in his home in Mogosoaia. Further, judicial sources cited by the news publication penul.ro confirmed the discovery of the legitimacy, and investigators suspect that it would be false. The Embassy of the Sovereign Order [...]

Read Full Article
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 100% of the sources lean Right
100% Right

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

Mediafax broke the news on Monday, September 21, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal