This year in March, anticorruption prosecutors sent Istvan to court alongside other 18 members of his "organized crime group" on charges of economic crimes which allegedly caused damages of nearly RON40 million to the state budget.
Istvan has been in custody since February 25 after the Court of Appeals issued a 29-day arrest warrant.
Istvan is charged with instigation to fraud, tax evasion, money laundering and forgery.