“In addition to his work in Ukraine for the energy company Burisma, Hunter Biden advised a Romanian businessman with ties to the United States, Gabriel Popoviciu, whose real estate dealings had come under investigation, according to people familiar with the arrangement, which has not been previously reported. The investigation, which came as the United States and its allies were pushing Romania to clamp down on corruption, led to Mr. Popoviciu’s conviction and a prison sentence,”
https://www.romania-insider.com/joe-biden-connection-romania-trump-giuliani


In 2014, Joe Biden had forcefully advocated for the Romanian government to crack down on graft within its borders. (Why?)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/rudy-giuliani-hunter-biden-romania-gabriel-popoviciu.html

"Hunter Biden reportedly began advising Gabriel Popoviciu, a Romanian businessman said to have opened the country's first Pizza Hut restaurant, who came under authorities’ scrutiny over his real estate dealings.
https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1187418537335250944


4/12/19 Greek executive Giorgios Argentopoulos, a former general manager of Baneasa Developments, the company that owns the Baneasa Shopping City mall in Bucharest, will replace American Mark Hilton as CEO of Sphera Franchise Group, one of the biggest restaurant groups in Romania.

Hilton has been CEO and member of the board of Sphera Franchise Group since May 2017 and prepared the company’s listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange that year. Before that, he had managed, since 2011, the local companies that owned the KFC and Pizza Hut franchises in Romania, which were later merged into Sphera Franchise Group.

In the last nine years, Sphera Franchise Group has expanded its restaurant network from 61 to 138 units and increased its consolidated sales almost fourfold, to RON 771 million (EUR 165 million). The company launched its first KFC restaurants in Italy and brought the Taco Bell brand to Romania in this period.
https://www.romania-insider.com/new-CEO-Sphera-Franchise-Group-Romania