Before the Bucharest Tribunal’s decision, Călin Georgescu had nevertheless been placed under house arrest on October 13, after the request to change the measure had been considered on Monday, October 12. The ruling was issued by Judge Vlad Andriescu, the same magistrate who, on September 22, had rejected DIICOT’s proposal for preventive detention and ordered judicial supervision for 60 days.
Until then, the Bucharest Court of Appeal had admitted the prosecutors’ challenge and, on September 29, had ordered preventive detention for 30 days, following a ruling issued by a panel deadlocked on the matter. Before these changes, DIICOT was investigating Georgescu in the case concerning damage amounting to 1.1 million euros, linked to transactions involving precious metals and funding that allegedly never materialized, while after his arrest two other controversies emerged in separate cases: the alleged request to scan the villa in Mogoșoaia to identify recording devices and the investigation of an alleged Legionnaire salute upon leaving a church.
