Two other companies of the Romanian real estate development group Nordis declared bankruptcy at the request of their owners on November 18, amid a scandal involving the entire group, which allegedly fraudulently sold its apartments multiple times, taking into account the political side of the group owners. It was alleged that he had ties with the Social Democratic Party PSD.

Laura Vicol, wife of Nordis group owner Vladimir Ciorba and an influential member of the PSD, recently resigned from her post as chairman of the judiciary committee in the House of Representatives, citing unfair allegations.

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, meanwhile, is in the midst of a media investigation that has him flying to Nice on a private jet paid for by Nordis and back to Bucharest for a trip with other senior PSD officials and their families.

G4media.ro PSD leaders released a flight document (known as “gendec”) showing that Marcel Ciolacu, Sorin Grindeanu, Alfred Simonis and Laura Vicol (the wife of Nordis’ owner) flew on a private jet chartered to Nordis by Širiac Air in 2022. Company from Nice to Bucharest. It was reported that the leaders of the Social Democratic Party returned from the Formula 1 Grand Prix in the Principality of Monaco with their children.

In an apparent political move less than a week before the first round of the presidential election, Ciolacu’s rival, Liberal (PNL) leader Nicolae Ciuca, announced that he will meet with those harmed by the alleged real estate fraud on November 19. G4media.ro reported.

The number of people claiming to have invested their money in real estate fraud has already reached 400, up from the initially announced figure of 80.

However, ANPC, the organization tasked with protecting consumer rights, said it had received only eight (8) complaints. Economical.net. In 2023, ANPC received two complaints, one of which was later withdrawn; This resulted in two fines totaling RON 5,000 (EUR 1,000).

The Nordis real estate scandal, especially its political dimension, was revealed by the local investigative platform recorder – this also made it difficult to identify investors who were prepared to testify about their losses.

According to unconfirmed reports, developer Nordis has already returned money collected from influential investors or those who could disclose the source of the money they invested.

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