Prosecutors with the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) have placed Calin Georgescu's house in Mogosoaia under precautionary seizure in the case in which the former presidential candidate is being investigated for fraud.
'On September 24, 2026, prosecutors with the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism - Central Structure ordered a precautionary seizure of a property in Mogosoaia, Ilfov County, belonging to the 64-year-old defendant investigated for forming an organised criminal group and aggravated fraud in continued form. The judicial proceedings are being carried out together with officers from the Criminal Investigations Directorate of the Romanian Police General Inspectorate,' DIICOT announced on Thursday.
According to judicial sources, Calin Georgescu owns the villa in Mogosoaia.
The seizure was imposed in the case in which Georgescu is accused of allegedly defrauding a businessman of EUR 1.1 million.
On Tuesday, a Bucharest Tribunal judge placed Georgescu under judicial supervision for 60 days instead of ordering his pre-trial detention. The same measure was ordered for Georgescu's alleged accomplice, businessman Ionel Rusen.
The investigation began following a complaint filed by Buzau businessman Razvan Leu, who claims he lost EUR 1 million. According to the case presented by investigators, Leu met Georgescu through a mutual acquaintance, Ion Negoescu, and the former presidential candidate allegedly proposed that he become involved in a precious-metals trading venture.
The business required a EUR 6 million credit line, and Georgescu allegedly recommended that Leu contact a trusted associate, Ionel Rusen. Rusen subsequently introduced him to Italian national Massimiliano Arena, described as the representative of a Swiss bank.
To obtain the credit, Leu was allegedly asked to provide a EUR 1 million guarantee, EUR 100,000 of which was to be used to finance Georgescu's presidential campaign. Prosecutors say a spending plan was also presented for that EUR 100,000.
Leu was subsequently persuaded to transfer another EUR 100,000 on the promise that the loan could be increased to EUR 15 million.
The loan never materialised, and the Buzau businessman requested the return of the total EUR 1.1 million guarantee, but did not receive the money. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Eusebi Manolache; EN - writing by: Simona Iacob)
DIICOT places Calin Georgescu's house under precautionary seizure
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