The former presidential contender faces charges over an alleged scheme involving a Romanian businessman. His wife denies the charges and says they are politically motivated.
Romanian prosecutors said on 12 November that they had indicted former presidential contender Călin Georgescu on charges of orchestrating an alleged €1.1 million fraud scheme.
Georgescu was a frontrunner in Romania’s canceled 2024 presidential election. He has been in pretrial detention since late September.
Prosecutors alleged that Georgescu managed an organized crime group that persuaded a Romanian businessman to hand over the money by making him believe the group could help him obtain a credit line of up to €15 million (about $16.6 million) from a foreign financial institution, according to Reuters, in a report carried by the Guardian.
In posts on Georgescu’s Facebook account, his wife, Cristela Georgescu, denied the charges and said they were politically motivated.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the measures were intended to pressure Russia’s oil revenues and help end the war in Ukraine.
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