{"id":12586,"date":"2026-10-21T15:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12586"},"modified":"2026-10-21T15:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:01:41","slug":"calin-georgescu-questioned-over-alleged-search-for-surveillance-devices-in-his-villa-near-bucharest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12586","title":{"rendered":"C\u0103lin Georgescu questioned over alleged search for surveillance devices in his villa near Bucharest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former presidential candidate C\u0103lin Georgescu was questioned by DIICOT prosecutors on Wednesday, October 21, in a case in which he is suspected of having asked a man to scan his villa in Mogo\u0219oaia, near Bucharest, to find out whether investigators had installed recording devices in the house.<\/p>\n<p>The man who allegedly searched the villa for equipment installed by prosecutors is also being questioned by DIICOT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe criminal investigation revealed that on September 26, 2026, a 35-year-old suspect, at the request of another suspect, aged 64 (who is a defendant in another case handled by the DIICOT Central Office), proceeded to scan\/check the latter\u2019s property in the commune of Mogo\u0219oaia, Ilfov County, intending to identify audio-video recording equipment used by judicial authorities, as well as altering computer data or disrupting the functioning of computer systems used to implement technical surveillance measures,\u201d DIICOT announced in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Judicial sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/agerpres.ro\/justitie\/2026\/10\/21\/calin-georgescu---suspectat-ca-ar-fi-pus-un-barbat-sa-ii-scaneze-vila-pentru-a-gasi-microfoanele-pro--1605333\">Agerpres<\/a> that the 64-year-old man is C\u0103lin Georgescu.<\/p>\n<p>According to DIICOT, the sweep took place after prosecutors carried out a home search at the property in question as part of a criminal case in which technical surveillance measures had also been implemented, circumstances known to the two suspects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intended outcome, namely the alteration of computer data and the disruption or damage of the technical equipment used by judicial authorities, did not occur for reasons beyond the suspects\u2019 control. The questioning is taking place at the DIICOT Central Office,\u201d prosecutors announced.<\/p>\n<p>On September 21, C\u0103lin Georgescu was stopped in traffic and taken home, where investigators searched his residence. After seven hours of searches, masked officers emerged from the villa carrying bags full of documents.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, investigators found a signal jammer in C\u0103lin Georgescu\u2019s car, which allowed the former presidential candidate to avoid being recorded while having various conversations.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucharest Tribunal approved on Tuesday, October 13, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/society\/bucharest-tribunal-grants-calin-georgescu-house-arrest-ruling\">request submitted<\/a> by former presidential candidate C\u01celin Georgescu to replace pretrial detention with 30 days of house arrest. The ruling is not final and will take effect only if upheld following the appeal period.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former presidential candidate C\u0103lin Georgescu was questioned by DIICOT prosecutors on Wednesday, October 21, in a case in which he is suspected of having asked a man to scan his villa in Mogo\u0219oaia, near Bucharest, to find out whether investigators had installed recording devices in the house. The man who allegedly searched the villa for [&hellip;]<\/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-12586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586","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=12586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}