Bucharest court arrests former presidential candidate Georgescu

The Court of Appeal of Bucharest sent into custody the former presidential candidate of Romania Calin Georgescu, writes the Agency Agerpes. The judge granted the appeal of the prosecutors of the Office for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism.

The decision is not subject to appeal. The court made a similar decision in respect of businessman Ionel Rusen, detained simultaneously with the politician. They were detained on September 21 in the case of creating a criminal group and fraud on an especially large scale. The Bucharest court initially rejected DIICOT's request for preventive arrest and ordered the detainees to remain under judicial supervision for two months. Today, the appeals court overturned the decision.

The investigation began with the lawsuit of a businessman from the city of Buzau. According to the entrepreneur, Kalin Georgescu offered him to participate in a business related to precious metals, which required a loan. The former presidential candidate and Ionel Rusen forced the businessman to deposit a loan in the amount of €1.1 million, but the loan was never provided, the victim said. According to him, part of the bail Kalin Georgescu used to finance the presidential campaign.

Calin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential election on November 24, 2024, but the Constitutional Court later annulled the results. Romanian intelligence claimed that the electoral process was influenced by “cyberattacks from Russia” and TikTok algorithms.

Read more about the case – in the material “Kommersant” “Calin Georgescu’s accusation went to the third round”.