Real estate developer from Iași arrested on remand after selling apartments multiple times
Ștefan Adrian Popescu jr., 33, has been arrested on remand by Iași Court. The damage in the case amounts to approximately seven million euros.
Real estate developer from Iași held for fraud in 32 separate instances
Iași Court ordered the remand arrest of a real estate developer on Wednesday evening, who is accused of repeatedly selling the same apartments in a building to different buyers, whether individuals or legal entities, according to tvrinfo.ro.
Ștefan Adrian Popescu jr., 33 years old, had been held for 24 hours on Tuesday following several hours of questioning at the premises of the Criminal Investigation Service in Iași. The remand arrest warrant issued by the court is not final and may be contested.
According to News.ro, Popescu jr. is being investigated for fraud in aggravated form, consisting of 27 separate instances, and improper participation in fraud through incitement, in aggravated form, in a further five separate instances. Total damages are estimated at approximately seven million euros.
During the period 2023–2026, some of the residential units or spaces with other purposes in a building in the municipality of Iași are alleged to have been offered for sale on at least two occasions to different individuals or legal entities.
On Tuesday, officers from the Criminal Investigation Service in Iași, under the coordination of a prosecutor from the Office of the Prosecutor attached to Iași Court, carried out five residential search warrants in the municipality of Iași. As a result, several material pieces of evidence were seized.
Source: Google News RO — Crime (ro)