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{{Infobox criminal
{{Infobox criminal
| name             = Petru Ionuț
| name         = Petru Ionuț
| image             = petruionutportrait.png
| image       = petruionutportrait.png
| caption          = Petru Ionuț
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1980|4|7|df=yes}}
| birth_name        = Petru Ionuț
| birth_place = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1980|4|7|df=yes}}
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2024|8|21|1980|4|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
| death_place = [[Hollywood]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], United States
| death_date       = 21 August 2024
| death_cause = Gunshot and stab wounds
| death_place       = [[Hollywood]], [[Los Angeles]], United States
| other_names  = King of Roulette
| death_cause       = Killed by his brother [[Iakob Ionuț]]
| height       = 1.88 m
| height           = 1.88 m
| occupation   = Casino operator
| occupation       = Criminal figure; casino operator
| years_active = 1998–2024
| years_active     = 1998–2024
| organization = [[Bucharest Butchers]]
| organization     = [[Bucharest Butchers]]
| title        = ''Legion Commander''
| rank              = ''Legion Commander''
| known_for   = Command of Bucharest Butchers operations in [[California]]
| known_for         = Leading Bucharest Butchers operations in [[California]]; casino operations in [[Hollywood]]; opposition to the Bucharest Butchers in 2024
| partner     = [[Silvia Wilson]] (February 2022–2024)
| criminal_charges  = Illegal gambling; theft; smuggling; political corruption; fraud; tax evasion; murder
| children     = 1
| alias            = King of Roulette
| parents     = [[Dumitru Ionuț]] and Lorena Cingolani
| partner           = [[Silvia Wilson]] (February 2022–2024)
| relatives   = [[Iakob Ionuț]] (brother)
| children         = 1
| parents           = [[Dumitru Ionuț]] and Lorena Cingolani
| relatives         = [[Iakob Ionuț]] (brother)
}}
}}


'''Petru Ionuț''' (7 April 1980 – 21 August 2024) was a Romanian criminal figure and senior member of the [[Bucharest Butchers]]. He led the organization's operations in [[California]], where he controlled gambling, money laundering, weapons procurement, and logistical networks centered in [[Hollywood]]. In 2024, he became the only high-ranking member of the Bucharest Butchers to openly oppose and attempt to separate from the organization.
'''Petru Ionuț''' (7 April 1980 – 21 August 2024), also known as the '''King of Roulette''', was a Romanian organized crime figure and senior member of the [[Bucharest Butchers]]. He entered the organization in 1998 and initially managed illegal gambling operations in [[Bucharest]]. In 2006, he murdered [[Tiberiu Pintăreanu]] after Pintăreanu attempted to withdraw his support from [[Snubable Enterprise]].
 
In 2013, Petru was sent to [[Hollywood]], [[Los Angeles]], to take control of the Bucharest Butchers' operations in [[California]]. He expanded the organization beyond Los Angeles and, by late 2023, exercised final authority over its operations in every county of the state. His Hollywood casino, opened in 2019, served as his residence and headquarters and generated approximately $800,000 per month. Petru became the only high-ranking Bucharest Butchers member to openly oppose its central leadership when he refused to surrender his California authority to [[Marku Ionuț]] and the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]] in 2024. He survived an assassination attempt on 18 June before being killed by his brother, [[Iakob Ionuț]], inside the casino on 21 August 2024.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Petru Ionuț entered into a relationship in February 2022 with [[Silvia Wilson]], a Romanian-American casino employee whose mother was Romanian. Wilson worked in Petru's Hollywood casino as a house dealer and was repeatedly assigned to the roulette tables he favored.
Petru Ionuț entered a relationship with [[Silvia Wilson]] in February 2022. Wilson was a Romanian-American employee at his Hollywood casino who had first worked as a cleaner before becoming a house dealer. She was repeatedly assigned to the roulette tables used by Petru and later became his required dealer during ''Romanian Roulette'', both on the main gaming floor and during private games in his penthouse. Their conversations became regular through these assignments, and their relationship became personal in February 2022.


Petru required Wilson to act as the house dealer whenever he played ''Romanian Roulette'' in the main casino. Wilson was later also required to work the private roulette sessions held in Petru's penthouse above the casino.
In autumn 2023, Wilson told Petru that her younger sister, [[Sonia Wilson]], had failed university coursework after refusing to submit a required paper supporting material on gender transition and gender identity policy. Petru went to the university with [[Ruben Istrate]] and [[Iakob Ionuț]], entered the director's office and assaulted him. He threatened to kill the director unless Sonia was allowed to pass. When the director attempted to report the assault, Petru used his political and criminal contacts to suppress the complaint and threatened to have him imprisoned if he discussed the incident again. Sonia was subsequently passed by the university.


At first, Wilson did not like Petru and was unsettled by his behavior and emotional distance. Over time, repeated contact on the casino floor and in the penthouse games led to regular conversation, and their relationship became personal in early 2022.
By 2024, Wilson had regular access to Petru's casino routine and his private penthouse. She became pregnant with his child during that year and informed him on 19 August 2024, shortly before leaving Los Angeles with Ruben Istrate. Their daughter, [[Alina Ionuț]], was born in [[Tennessee]] in 2025.
 
In autumn 2023, Wilson told Petru that her younger sister [[Sonia Wilson]] had failed university coursework after refusing to submit a required paper supporting material on gender transition and gender identity policy. Wilson did not expect Petru to intervene directly. Petru went to the university with [[Ruben Istrate]] and [[Iakob Ionuț]], drawing attention because Iakob and Ruben accompanied him.
 
Petru went directly to the university director's office. He grabbed the director, forced him across the desk, and threatened to kill him if Sonia was not allowed to pass. After the director tried to report the assault to police, Petru used threats and criminal pressure to stop the complaint. The director was warned that if he mentioned the incident again, he would be imprisoned through Petru's contacts. Sonia was then passed by the university.
 
By 2024, Wilson was one of the few people with direct access to both Petru's public routines and his private upper-level living space. She later became pregnant with his child, although she did not tell him immediately.


== Break with the organization ==
== Break with the organization ==
In early 2024, [[Soufian Schwein]], the gun dealer who had supplied Petru and [[Iakob Ionuț]] since 2015, was killed by Iakob. Petru was not told that Iakob had done it and believed that Schwein had disappeared. Petru noticed his absence because Schwein had been his main source for weapons.
In early 2024, [[Iakob Ionuț]] killed [[Soufian Schwein]], the gun dealer who had supplied the brothers since 2015. Petru was not told what had happened and believed that Schwein had disappeared. He noticed the loss immediately because Schwein had remained his principal source of firearms. The killing removed a supplier personally loyal to Petru and gave Iakob greater control over the weapons routes while his loyalty shifted towards [[Marku Ionuț]].
 
During the same period, Petru opposed the direction of the [[Bucharest Butchers]], especially the plans supported by [[Marku Ionuț]] for closer alignment with the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]] and for the use of Petru's California operation as a base for wider activity. Petru refused to hand over authority, money, territory, or facilities connected to his command in [[Los Angeles]].


This conflict made him the only high-ranking Bucharest Butchers member to openly resist the organization while still controlling one of its most profitable overseas branches.
During the same period, Petru opposed Marku's attempt to align the [[Bucharest Butchers]] more closely with the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]. Marku wanted access to the money, properties and transport routes controlled by Petru in [[California]]. He also intended to use Petru's organization to support a permanent trafficking network in the United States. Petru refused to transfer his authority or allow Marku's personnel to operate independently through his territory. His refusal made him the only high-ranking member of the Bucharest Butchers to openly resist the central leadership while retaining control of one of its most profitable overseas operations.


In early 2024, Petru attended restricted meetings involving [[Marku Ionuț]], Bucharest Butchers intermediaries, senior figures of the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]], and [[Julián Serrano]], the Governor of [[California]]. These meetings covered shared logistics, political protection, overseas infrastructure, and the integration of Bucharest Butchers operations with Tanoa-backed plans.
A revised paper for the [[California 2040]] project circulated on 14 January 2024. It proposed an underground facility larger than the main [[Snubable Enterprise]] complex north of [[Bucharest]]. The proposed site was intended for clone production and hybrid research, with protected storage and industrial sections below ground. California was also being considered for the movement of personnel and equipment through ports, airports and covert transport routes.


During these meetings, Petru witnessed ritual activity, elite social gatherings, and planning tied to the Tanoa network. The plans included using California for underground construction, controlled transport, international movement, and high-security protected facilities. Petru regarded them as a break from the operation he had built in Hollywood.
Petru attended restricted meetings concerning these plans in early 2024. The participants included Marku, Bucharest Butchers intermediaries, senior Tanoa Einsatzgruppen figures and [[Julián Serrano]], the Governor of California. They discussed the political protection required for the underground project and the use of Petru's routes to move personnel into the state. Marku also sought access to secure properties controlled through Petru's casino network. Petru regarded the plans as an attempt to remove his independent authority and place the organization he had built under Tanoa-backed control.


Petru also saw Governor Serrano taking part in the rituals conducted during the meetings. He later learned that Serrano had regularly traveled to [[Tanoa]] for sex tourism and had become deeply involved with Tanoa-linked circles.
The meetings also contained ritual ceremonies and private gatherings attended by senior participants. Petru saw Serrano take part in these ceremonies and later learned that the governor had repeatedly travelled to [[Tanoa]] for sex tourism. Serrano's participation showed Petru that the governor was no longer acting only as a paid political contact and had entered the Tanoa-linked circle supporting Marku's plans.


Two weeks after one of the final meetings, Petru went to the governor's office and strangled Serrano without saying anything. After Serrano's death, Petru arranged for [[Adrian Salcedo]] to take over the political contacts that had previously answered to Serrano. Salcedo did not allow [[Marku Ionuț]] to establish the trafficking network he wanted to build in California.
Two weeks after one of the final meetings, Petru entered Serrano's office and strangled him without speaking. He then arranged for [[Adrian Salcedo]] to assume control of the political contacts and state-level intermediaries that had answered to Serrano. Salcedo continued protecting Petru's position but refused to permit Marku to establish the trafficking network he had planned for California.


The Tanoa-linked trafficking plans were still incomplete when Petru died. After the collapse of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen in November 2024, the project did not continue.
The trafficking network remained incomplete when Petru died on 21 August 2024. The separate California 2040 project also remained at the planning stage and no underground facility was constructed. The collapse of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen on 30 November 2024 removed the political and logistical support required for either plan to continue.


== Final months and death ==
== Final months and death ==
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