Three arrested and assets seized in €605,000 fraud case involving businessman

Romanian prosecutors have detained three people in a case involving alleged fraud of about €605,000 against a businessman, while authorities have placed four properties and three plots of land under seizure.

The measures followed 13 searches conducted on September 3 by DIICOT prosecutors and police. Five people are being investigated for forming an organized criminal group, aggravated fraud and continued receiving of stolen goods. Robert Chira is among those under investigation.

Authorities said they seized 71,500 lei, €9,100, documents, data-storage devices, an airsoft pistol and other evidence. The seized assets include properties in Năvodari, Brăila, Cernica and Amara worth about €460,000, along with three plots of land in Brăila county valued at roughly €90,000.

According to DIICOT, a Bucharest Tribunal judge ordered three defendants held in pretrial detention on September 4. One female defendant was placed under house arrest, while prosecutors imposed judicial supervision for 60 days on four other defendants.

The case centers on an alleged scheme involving a check that suspects claimed had been issued in the United States and was worth $50 million. Investigators say the businessman was told he had to pay fees before the check could be cashed. In return, he was supposed to enter a company and take over shares from partners who planned to leave. DIICOT says the suspects obtained about €605,000, including roughly 2.8 million lei through bank transfers and €120,000 in cash.

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On 04.09.2026, the judge for rights and freedoms at the Bucharest Tribunal admitted the proposal submitted by the prosecutors of DIICOT, Central Structure, and ordered pretrial detention for 3 of the defendants and house arrest for one female defendant. Regarding 4 other defendants, the prosecutors of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, Central Structure, ordered judicial supervision for a period of 60 days.