PoliticsRomania’s pro-Russian ex-presidential candidate investigated in fraud case, media reports

Romanian media reported that former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu was detained and that authorities searched five addresses linked to him in a €1.1 million fraud case. Prosecutors said a group led by a 64-year-old Romanian allegedly defrauded businesspeople by promising access to foreign financing; local media identified Georgescu as the alleged ringleader.

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