site.btaLaw Enforcers Break Crime Group which Defrauded Exchequer of BGN 9 Mln

A crime group which was engaged in tax crimes and money laundering through a chain of companies was disrupted by the Bulgarian authorities on August 9. The news was reported by Senior Commissioner Kalin Litov, Deputy Head of the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime, and Evgeni Nankov, Deputy Executive Director of the National Revenue Agency, at a briefing on Wednesday.

Between 2021 and the middle of 2024, the group inflicted BGN 9 million detriment on the public purse.

The law enforcement operation was conducted in Sofia, Montana, Vratsa and Pleven. The officers searched 27 properties and detained nine suspects. Charges were pressed against six of them. A court ordered indefinite remand for three people and released one on recognizance not to leave and two on bail.