A fitness instructor in Bucharest has been detained in a cash-for-interest scheme police link to alleged usury, after investigators said he collected interest worth about 150,000 euro. Officers arrested him in a flagrant operation in Sector 4. Prosecutors placed him under judicial control for 60 days, while the case is examined. Police said the restaurant owner who complained reported being unable to cope with the huge interest payments he allegedly had to make. Investigators say the victim borrowed 36,000 euro from the man and was first charged a monthly interest rate of 10%. During the probe, investigators reported that the victim returned around 150,000 euro to the suspect, consisting exclusively of interest. After that, the man allegedly demanded a further 160,000 euro. The arrest happened after investigators said the suspect received 18,500 lei from the business owner who filed the complaint. The suspect refused to make any statement to police or prosecutors and is being investigated for usury. The fitness instructor was initially held for 24 hours and taken before a judge for rights and liberties, with a request for pre-trial detention. He was ultimately placed under judicial control for 60 days.