Prosecutors with the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) announced on Wednesday, October 7, that they had seized several bank accounts opened in C\u0103lin Georgescu\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
It is not yet clear how many bank accounts were seized, but Digi24<\/a> sources referred to seven accounts holding roughly EUR 100,000.<\/p>\n Georgescu, 64, is being investigated for setting up an organized criminal group and fraud with particularly serious consequences, in continued form. The damage in the case in which he was placed in preventive custody for 30 days<\/a> amounts to EUR 1.1 million.<\/p>\n The same day, prosecutors continued searching through Georgescu\u2019s electronic devices.<\/p>\n The wife of the former presidential candidate, Cristela Georgescu, also arrived at DIICOT headquarters for the second consecutive day. During the first day, she complained about \u201cthe brutal way in which the house was entered,\u201d as well as the way her father was treated by investigators.<\/p>\n In addition, she spoke about \u201cthe humiliating and traumatizing way in which C\u0103lin was handcuffed, taken from traffic, without him posing a danger.\u201d She added that the case represents political persecution.<\/p>\n On Monday, October 5, Georgescu\u2019s father-in-law, Vasile Moldoveanu, also arrived at the DIICOT center to be questioned as a witness in the fraud case.<\/p>\n