Cristela Georgescu accuses her husband's case of “conspiracy” and reports the leaking of personal data following new computer searches at DIICOT

Cristela Georgescu left the DIICOT headquarters on Wednesday, where she was questioned for the second consecutive day as a witness, during digital searches conducted in the case in which her husband, Călin Georgescu, is accused of fraud causing damages of more than €1.1 million.

Upon leaving the institution’s headquarters, she claimed that the case was “a long-planned conspiracy carried out with great cunning” and stated that her husband “did not deceive anyone, but was deceived.” Cristela Georgescu also complained that confidential information and the family’s personal data had allegedly reached the press through unnamed sources. She said she had been distressed by the fact that photographs of her children appeared on investigators’ screens during the procedure.

The digital searches continued on Wednesday, after Cristela Georgescu had also been questioned on Tuesday for more than seven hours. She had previously criticized the manner in which the searches were conducted at her home and the treatment of her family.

That same day, DIICOT announced that it had ordered the seizure of several of Călin Georgescu’s bank accounts. On September 24, prosecutors had also placed a lien on his villa in Mogoșoaia. On September 29, the Bucharest Court of Appeal ordered the pretrial detention, for 30 days, of Călin Georgescu and businessman Ionel Rusen.

According to investigators, the two men and an Italian citizen allegedly formed an organized criminal group beginning in September 2021. The victim was allegedly persuaded to transfer more than €1.1 million under the pretext of obtaining bank financing. Călin Georgescu is also being investigated in two other criminal cases.

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