Rareș Bogdan, reaction after his name appeared in the DNA file in which a businessman from Vaslui is being investigated: “I congratulate now”
Rareș Bogdan, member of the European Parliament and first vice-president of the National Liberal Party, in a press conference, in Bucharest, April 6, 2023. PHOTO: Lucian Alecu / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia
MEP Rareș Bogdan says, when contacted by HotNews, that he has not yet heard of the Vaslui businessman Fănel Bogos, investigated by DNA. Today, Mediafax published information from transcripts in which it is mentioned that Rareș Bogdan was called by former SIE general Nicolae Iana, who proposed a meeting “in a private place, where no photos can be taken”.
MEP Rareș Bogdan says he has not heard of Bogos' name until today.
Asked by HotNews if he had ever been contacted by Bogos, Rareș Bogdan denied: “No, never this gentleman. I have never heard this name until today. I have no idea who this Bogos is,” Rareș Bogdan said.
“How good it is not to meet even everyone who calls you and to be away all the time. The Good Lord saved me. I congratulate myself now,” he added.
The MEP admits that he was called by Nicolae Iana: “It appears (n. ed.: in transcripts) that at some point someone else called me and that he asked me for a meeting, without any connection with this gentleman or at least he didn't tell me anything by that name”, explained the PNL MEP.
In what context does the name of Rareș Bogdan appear in the file of the businessman Fănel Bogos
According to the transcripts from the file cited by Mediafax, on August 27, 2025, former SIE General Nicolae Iana contacted Rareș Bogdan, proposing a meeting “in a private place, where no photos can be taken”, to introduce him to “some young secret service retirees” whom he would like to integrate “into a relational system of influence”.
Mediafax writes that the statements of the witnesses in the file indicate that Rareș Bogdan would have later contacted the director of DSVSA Vaslui, Mihai Ponea, to whom he would have asked for information about SC Vanbet SRL, “being interested in some friends from SIE”.
The judicial sources of the previously cited source state that no accusations are being made against the MEP, and the mention of his name appears only in the context of the reports from the investigation.
In the same file, the name of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan also appears, who admitted that he met with the businessman from Vaslui in September, but the discussion “did not have any consequences regarding the situation of Mr. Bogos, on which the Prime Minister did not make any assessments”.
“According to the entry register, on September 23, Mr. Barbu, president of PNL Vaslui, was in an audience with the prime minister, an audience he had requested on political issues. Mr. Barbu came accompanied by Mr. Fanel Bogos”, Ioana Dogioiu said in a reaction to HotNews.
The name of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, in the file of businessman Fănel Bogos, now investigated by DNA. The government confirms that Bolojan met with Bogos, but claims that the discussion “had no consequences”
