 He started a small farm to provide milk to the Câmpulung market; accused of economic sabotage, he went into hiding.Together with a fellow army officer, Toma Arnăuțoiu, he formed in December 1948 a group named ""Haiducii Muscelului"" (Romanian for ""The Outlaws from Muscel"").Arsenescu's resistance group operated out of the Southern Făgăraș Mountains, and, according to official reports, was responsible for over 70 robberies and 15 murders.