Romanian prosecutors raid Bucharest Pension House in fictitious employment seniority case

15 July 2026 Prosecutors from Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, or DIICOT, raided the Bucharest Pension House and locations in several other counties on Wednesday, July 15, in a case involving fraud allegations. Prosecutors suspect that fictitious employment seniority was entered into ANAF systems for roughly 5 years so that nearly 900 beneficiaries could retire much earlier or increase their pensions. Damages in the case exceed EUR 1.3 million. In total, prosecutors conducted 30 searches in Bucharest and in the counties of Ilfov, Teleorman, Constanța, Giurgiu, Ialomița, Călărași, and Galați. According to DIICOT, the group from Bucharest allegedly operated since 2018 and allegedly entered tax declarations into ANAF’s computer systems, falsely showing th