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Burgas businessman Nikolay Filipov was arrested during an operation by the specialized prosecutor’s office and the State Agency for National Security, which was kept completely secret on Wednesday.
The 49-year-old businessman, owner of the port of Europe in Burgas, is under investigation for influence peddling, money laundering and tax crimes.
For the moment, the Prosecutor’s Office abstains from making official statements, but it is expected that tomorrow a permanent measure of “detention in custody” will be requested, Nova TV reported.
According to unofficial information, during searches of his office and home on Tuesday, investigators found BGN 1.5 million in cash, and in the course of the investigation his contacts with the owner of Nove Holding Vasil Bozhkov will be verified.
Vasil Krumov Bozhkov was born on July 29, 1956 in Velingrad. Bozhkov is a Bulgarian businessman, noted by.
The version for participation in the financing of the protests is also being clarified. Nikolay Filipov is also known as the former owner of the football club “Neftohimik”, which he resigned in 2013. His business extends to agriculture, rural tourism, scrubland and non-ferrous metals, and he owns a pond of fish funded by the SAPARD program. Investigators to date continue to interrogate those involved in Nikolai Filipov’s business by the sea.
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