According to Agerpres, businessman Daniel Stefanescu, the founder of Gersim Impex, has come under judicial review in a real estate fraud case involving the White Tower and City Gate residential complexes in Ploiesti. The court decision is not final.

The prosecutor’s office in Prague detained on Friday businessman Daniel Stefanescu, the owner of Gersim, one of the largest importers and distributors of mobile phones and tablets in Romania, News.ro reports.

Prosecutors allege that Daniel Stefanescu, as a partner of a construction contractor, knew about and participated in the fraudulent activities, which consisted of the contractor selling the same apartments to several people after building a block in Ploiesti.

According to the court portal, the magistrates of the Court of Appeal of Ploiești rejected on Friday the proposal of the prosecutor’s office attached to the Court of Appeal of Ploiești, regarding the preventive arrest of Daniel Stefanescu, placing him under judicial control for a period of 60 days.

The same measure was ordered in the case of another accused – Costea Corneliu Claudiu.

The court also rejected the proposal for the preventive arrest of the defendant Aleksandra-Bohdan Hryhorescu, deciding to release him.

The decision of the Ploiesti Court of Appeal is not final.

What do the prosecutors say?

The PCA Ploeşti Prosecutor’s Office expanded its investigation into a real estate fraud case targeting the White Tower and City Gate residential complexes in Ploeşti, several people were brought to a hearing on Thursday, including businessman Daniel Stefanescu.

“It was stated that in the period from 2022 to 2023, the defendants helped the developer from Ploiesti hide part of his assets both before and after the declaration of bankruptcy by performing various actions (for example, they took over 100 lei of shares in the company, in conditions where one an asset from the company’s assets was worth 3,000,000 euros, or they fictitiously increased the debts that the company owed to some people). All these actions led to the misleading of the victims, with whom the developer made promises to buy and sell the White Tower and the City Gate, with the idea that they would become the owners of the property in the future, creating a false impression that the developer had sufficient funds to complete the construction. , although the only consequence that was pursued was the impossibility of enforcement, thus covering the damages for a total amount of approximately 2,000,000 euros,” prosecutors say.

Lawyer Vlad Nichita and businessman Lupu Mihai (developer), who are under preventive measures, are also involved in this case. Also, Lupu Mărioara (the developer) and the notary are under house arrest, while the other notary is under judicial control.

At the same time, the Deputy Director of the Office of Urban Development of Ploiesti City Hall, Rita Nyagu, and Lucian Belescu, the head of the Office of Urban Development, are under investigation in this case under judicial supervision, accused of abuse of office, intellectual forgery and eight crimes of aiding and abetting fraud.