DIICOT explains the new seizure in the Nordis case and announces when it may be lifted

Riana Gegiu

21 October 2026, 13:54

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DIICOT explained that the new seizure imposed in the Nordis case on 184 properties and 14 plots of land may be lifted on a case-by-case basis, at the request of the company and the injured parties, to finalize the sale and purchase agreements and hand over the apartments to clients.

The measure was ordered on October 19, 2026, after the criminal investigation was extended to the companies under suspicion for the offense of fraud with particularly serious consequences. DIICOT specifies that the seizure does not concern the acts for which a similar measure had previously been imposed and was subsequently lifted by the judge for rights and freedoms after the challenge was upheld.

According to the prosecutor's office, the new seizure is intended to guarantee compensation for the damage caused to purchasing clients and is not meant to block the handover of the homes. The order issued on October 19 explicitly states that the measure may be lifted for each property individually when the injured party agrees and the conditions for signing the authentic deed and handing over the home have been met.

DIICOT's explanations come after the measure raised concerns among Nordis clients, who are awaiting the completion of the transactions and possession of the apartments they contracted.

Context: In the Nordis case, the seizure was challenged in court and the investigation received new complaints

Prior to the measure ordered in October 2026, DIICOT prosecutors had imposed, in February 2025, a precautionary seizure on certain real estate and other assets (including apartments, commercial spaces, land, cars, shares in companies, stocks, and bank accounts) as part of the investigation into alleged offenses such as establishing an organized criminal group, embezzlement, fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. At that time, the case involved estimated damages of tens of millions of euros, and a large number of people joined the list of creditors after the companies became insolvent.

Subsequently, on October 14, 2026, the Bucharest Court of Appeal definitively ordered the lifting of the precautionary seizure imposed on the Nordis apartments in Mamaia, estimated to be worth more than 100 million euros, upholding the challenges filed by Nordis Management and Nordis Mamaia, while maintaining the seizure on the Ciorbă family’s assets. Separately, during the preceding period, DIICOT announced the expansion of the criminal investigation in the Nordis case after 50 new complaints were filed by victims, who reported additional damages.