Career
He made about 60.000 lei/month at a time when the average salary in Romania was 2.500 lei/month and soon became the owner of seven shops that sold spare auto parts for Dacia cars. Later he studied economics, finance and banking
In October 2014, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for money laundering and tax evasion in the so-called RAFO-Vereins der Großkraftwerksbetreiber case.