Romania extends pre-trial detention of far-right politician Calin Georgescu
The Bucharest court has extended the pre-trial detention of Calin Georgescu by 30 days, appealing a lower court ruling.
A Romanian court has extended the pre-trial detention of far-right politician Calin Georgescu by 30 days, in an investigation into an alleged 1.1 million euros ($1.2m) fraud case.
The decision by the Bucharest Court of Appeal overturned an October 13 ruling by a lower court that ordered the pro-Russian former frontrunner in Romania’s cancelled 2024 presidential election to be moved from police custody to house arrest for 30 days pending the fraud probe.
Prosecutors said Georgescu and two other suspects persuaded a Romanian businessman to give them 1.1 million euros by making him believe they could help him secure a credit line of up to 15 million euros ($16.7m) from a foreign financial institution.
The former candidate won the most votes in the first round of Romania’s presidential election in November 2024.