Călin Georgescu was taken from his home in Mogoșoaia and brought to DIICOT this morning, in a case in which prosecutors are investigating the formation of an organised criminal group and fraud causing particularly serious consequences.

Former candidate in the November 2024 presidential election Călin Georgescu was picked up by DIICOT in traffic on Monday morning, in the case concerning the alleged €1.1 million fraud.

Prosecutors are conducting searches at five locations in Bucharest, Mogoșoaia, Ciolpani and Buftea.

Police officers from the Criminal Investigations Directorate of the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police, together with prosecutors from the Directorate for the Investigation of Organised Crime and Terrorism – Central Structure, executed five home-search warrants in Bucharest and the localities of Mogoșoaia, Ciolpani and Buftea, in a case concerning the offences of forming an organised criminal group and fraud causing particularly serious consequences, committed on a continuing basis.

Source: TVR INFO