site.btaFinance Ministry Publishes Longlist of Persons Targeted by US Sanctions

Sofia, June 15 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Finance Ministry on Tuesday
 published a longlist of the persons who fall, or could
potentially fall, within the scope of sanctions imposed by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) with the US Department
of the Treasury.

The longlist includes the natural persons who are, or could be,
targeted by the OFAC sanctions, and associated persons - that
is, "any partners, shareholders, chairpersons and members of the
 management boards of the legal entities included currently and
in the last five years." The list is based on information which
has been verified by the authorities and covers the period from
2016 to 2021.

The persons on the longlist are "all natural and juristic
persons owned, controlled or managed by the persons on the OFAC
list over the last five years." Each of them has participated in
 more than one company and has been found beyond doubt to have
been connected to natural and juristic persons on the OFAC list.

The longlist includes 21 natural persons, among them Irena
Krasteva, mother of controversial businessman and former MP
Delyan Peevski, and the brothers Stefan and Tsvetomir Naidenov,
former partners of fugitive businessman Vassil Bojkov.

The list may be expanded or corrected upon receipt of any new
evidence. It is available on the Finance Ministry's website.
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