Prosecutors have released Bogdan Peșchir, the man who, according to the SRI, financed Călin Georgescu’s campaign, after investigators. they did three house searches in the city of Brasov on Saturday.
According to some officials of the General Prosecutor’s Office quoted by Euronewsthe searches began on Saturday morning and were completed during the night.
Various devices, computers and storage media were taken from the three residences of Bogdan Peşchir in Braşov, which were subjected to computer searches.
The investigators decided to transfer 7 million dollars from the account of Bogdan Peșchir to the accounts of the National Agency for the Administration of Unavailable Assets.
After the end of the hearing, Bogdan Peschir was released.
According to a press release from the Prosecutor’s Office, in the case, investigations were carried out under the aspect of the crimes of corruption of voters, money laundering, computer fraud and the crime provided by art. 5 of the GEO n. 31/2002 regarding the prohibition of fascist, racist or xenophobic organizations and symbols.
“The investigations are aimed at the possible involvement of a natural person in the illegal financing of the electoral campaign of a candidate for the Presidency of Romania, through the use of sums of money as there are indications that they could come from the commission of certain crimes, being later introduced into a money laundering process,” said the Prosecutor’s Office, quoted by Agerpres.
SRI: Bogdan Peșchir donated more than 1 million euros, of which TikTok admits that it received 381,000 dollars
right documents presented by SRI to CSATBogdan Peşchir used the account “bogpr”, through which he made donations on TikTok of more than one million euros.
After it became a subject of public debate, the involvement of “bogpr” in the financing of the promotion of Călin Georgescu at the level of the platform was also confirmed by the representatives of TikTok in the dialogue with the Romanian authorities the November 28, 2024, according to SRI. .
TikTok representatives confirmed the identity of the user “bogpr” and said that he made payments worth 381,000 dollars, between October 24 and November 24, 2024, to users of some TikTok accounts involved in the promotion of Călin Georgescu, even after the end date. of the electoral campaign, says SRI.
SRI shows that the financing of TikTok influencers was secured through the FameUp platform (dedicated to the monetization of promotional activities in the online environment), at the level of which the advertising opportunity was published , with well-defined descriptions.
“One of the methods of attracting the collaboration of Romanian influencers to promote the candidacy of Călin Georgescu was to contact them by e-mail from the company (…), of South African origin, which offered the sum of 1,000 euro for the distribution of a video made by them”, also says SRI.
Who is Bogdan Peschir?
Bogdan Peșchir, on whom the Romanian Intelligence Service mentions that he donated more than 1 million euros for the promotion of Călin Georgescu’s TikTok, he is a former programmer, who worked in companies associated with cryptocurrencies of a dual citizen who emigrated to South Africa in 1995.
Bogdan Peșchir has a company in Brasov, established in 2021, according to SRI.
“Bogdan Peșchir shows a standard of living that does not correspond to the activities carried out through the company he owns, namely DIGITAL ON-RAMP SOLUTIONS SRL Braşov, established in 2021.
Before the creation of the company, he worked as a programmer in some entities (GLOBAYA FINTECH SRL and BITXATM TECHNOLOGY SRL, both from Brasov) that are associated with the cryptocurrency field and are owned, among others, by Gabriel Prodănescu, a person. who is also a citizen of South Africa, where he emigrated in 1995,” mentions SRI.
In addition, in the SRI documents, a company of South African origin is also mentioned involved in attracting Romanian influences to promote the candidacy of Călin Georgescu. According to SRI, it is about the company FA Agency, which contacted the influencers by e-mail and offered them the sum of 1,000 euros for the distribution of a video made by them.
