{"id":12283,"date":"2026-10-02T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12283"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:25","slug":"romanian-prosecutors-reportedly-extend-investigation-against-former-mp-laura-vicol-in-nordis-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12283","title":{"rendered":"Romanian prosecutors reportedly extend investigation against former MP Laura Vicol in Nordis case"},"content":{"rendered":"

DIICOT prosecutors have extended the criminal investigation against former Social Democratic parliamentarian Laura Vicol in the Nordis case, charging her with continued false statements, continued money laundering, and complicity in fraud, according to G4Media sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Specifically, DIICOT prosecutors claimed that Laura Vicol failed to include in her asset declarations income of more than RON 15.6 million (from salaries, dividends and loan repayments), a loan granted worth RON 910,000, loans contracted worth RON 241,000 and USD 35,000, repaid between 2019 and 2021, as well as gifts, services and benefits worth a total of more than RON 300,000.<\/p>\n

Investigators also showed that the former lawmaker allegedly mentioned a fictitious loan granted to another defendant in the case (initially EUR 150,000 and RON 1,77 million, later changed to RON 1,12 million) in her asset declarations.<\/p>\n

Based on this fictitious document, Laura Vicol subsequently received RON 1,59 million from a suspect in the case, under the pretext of repaying the loan. Prosecutors claim that this was intended to conceal the real origin of the money, which she knew came from embezzlement.<\/p>\n

In addition, DIICOT claimed that between 2019 and 2025, although she did not hold a statutory position within Nordis, Laura Vicol allegedly helped three other defendants commit the offense of fraud.<\/p>\n

The assistance was provided in the conclusion and execution of promises and sale-purchase contracts for holiday apartments in the Nordis residential complexes in Mamaia and Sinaia, properties that were either not built or not handed over to buyers.<\/p>\n

In February 2025, Nordis owners Emanuel Po\u0219toac\u0103 and Vladimir Ciorb\u0103, the latter’s wife, former PSD MP Laura Vicol, and others were detained by DIICOT on charges including forming an organized criminal group, embezzlement, money laundering, tax evasion, and fraud. They allegedly collected EUR 195 million from Nordis clients<\/a>, people who wanted to buy apartments in residential complexes developed by Nordis and paid in advance, and embezzled more than EUR 70 million.<\/p>\n

The arrests were later overturned by the Romanian High Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In August, the Bucharest Court of Appeal lifted almost EUR 90 million in asset seizures imposed by prosecutors on real estate assets, as well as on the accounts and shares held by Nordis owners Vladimir Ciorb\u0103, Florin Alexandru Po\u0219toac\u0103, legal director Camelia B\u00eendiu and the group’s parent company, Nordis Management.<\/p>\n

Around the same time, prosecutors expanded the investigation into Nordis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, the prosecutor reimposed seizures<\/a> on Nordis apartments worth more than EUR 64 million. The seizure was confirmed by the court on November 14, 2025.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DIICOT prosecutors have extended the criminal investigation against former Social Democratic parliamentarian Laura Vicol in the Nordis case, charging her with continued false statements, continued money laundering, and complicity in fraud, according to G4Media sources. Specifically, DIICOT prosecutors claimed that Laura Vicol failed to include in her asset declarations income of more than RON 15.6 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}