Three representatives of a club in the Old Town were arrested for fraud amounting to 156,000 lei, while a fourth is under investigation under judicial supervision

Three representatives of a club in the capital’s Old Town have been remanded in custody, while a fourth has been placed under judicial supervision, on suspicion of defrauding three foreign nationals. According to prosecutors, the suspects took advantage of the victims’ vulnerable condition after they had consumed alcohol to access their phones and banking applications.

The alleged offenses were committed between July 14 and August 24, 2026. The defendants allegedly made payments at the club’s point-of-sale terminal, transferred money to personal accounts and ordered products through the Glovo app, all without the victims’ consent. The total damage is estimated at approximately 156,000 lei.

The investigation concerns the offenses of continued illegal access to a computer system and fraudulent financial operations. Police officers and prosecutors conducted searches in Bucharest and Ilfov County after identifying approximately 40 transactions in a single month. According to the Bucharest Police, 35 of them were made from one of the customers’ accounts. All the victims were allegedly recruited in the Old Town.