Adamescu is accused of paying EUR20,000 to two judges in exchange for favorable verdicts allowing his businesses to open insolvency procedures.

Anticorruption prosecutors will appear before a judge with the Bucharest Court of Appeals requesting Adamescu’s arrest for 30 days.

Among other businesses, Adamescu owns insurance accompany Astra Asigurari, Unirea Shopping Center in Bucharest and First League football club Otelul Galati.