 Allegations later surfaced that Bogdan-Pitești was one of the men receiving payoffs from the German spy Albert E. Günther, manager of "Steaua Română" company.The dossier attesting this was lost, but secondary sources have it that Bogdan-Pitești alone received 840,000 lei from Günther's hands.The contributors to "Seara" and "Libertatea" were, in general, outspoken social and cultural critics, with diverse grievances against the establishment.