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Gigi Becali defends Calin Georgescu and says he can offer him €50,000

Riana Gegiu

28 October 2026, 12:52

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Gigi Becali stated that he is prepared to support Călin Georgescu, including financially, who has been held in pre-trial detention since September 29, 2026, in a case handled by DIICOT. The owner of FCSB claims that the former presidential candidate is being treated unfairly and that the authorities must present solid evidence before ordering restrictive measures.

Invited to România TV, according to Gândul, Becali said that the public support enjoyed by Georgescu should be taken into account and challenged the legality of the pre-trial detention. The businessman drew a parallel with his own period of detention and the legal troubles he went through. Becali said that he could contact Georgescu’s family and that he would offer him 50,000 euros.

Călin Georgescu is being investigated in a DIICOT case for fraud with particularly serious consequences and the formation of an organized criminal group. Becali maintains that the allegations must be proven before the authorities resort to pre-trial detention.

Context: DIICOT requested changes to the measures in the case of Călin Georgescu, following allegations related to damages of 1.1 million euros

Before Călin Georgescu was placed in preventive detention, DIICOT challenged the decision of the Bucharest Tribunal of September 22, by which judicial supervision had been ordered for 60 days. Prosecutors requested that the measure be replaced with preventive detention in a case involving the alleged establishment of an organized criminal group and fraud with particularly serious consequences, in connection with damages estimated at approximately 1.1 million euros.

Previously, Georgescu was picked up by DIICOT prosecutors and taken for searches at his home in Mogoșoaia, after he had allegedly been intercepted in traffic in Otopeni. At the same time, supporters gathered in front of the DIICOT headquarters and protested before the hearings.