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Four people accused by the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office in March 2020 of participating in a criminal group organized by fraud in the territory of the Vratsa district were transferred to places of detention after the Specialized Criminal Court approved the sentences imposed on them, the prosecution said state.
Rumyana Todorova, a lawyer from the Vratsa Bar Association, and her daughter Denitsa Todorova were sentenced to 2 years and 6 months and 2 years and 10 months in prison, respectively. In addition to participating in the organized criminal group, the two were found guilty of promising to help people in the region along with other people, Ivaylo Ivanov and Ivan Todorov, in order to obtain property benefits for themselves and themselves. of various cases: legalization of buildings, accommodation of the elderly in nursing homes, purchase of municipal housing, organization of examinations and student diplomas, etc. For the “services”, the group received amounts between BGN 600 and 3500. At the request of the prosecution, the illegally collected funds were insured and will be reimbursed to the injured.
Ivaylo Ivanov received the maximum sentence of 2 years and 11 months in “prison”. He was found guilty of five more acts. During the investigation it was established that in different directions he was carrying a Scorpion submachine gun with erased numbers and a large quantity of cartridges of various calibers. In a warehouse in a former corral in the city of Vratsa he also kept an improvised explosive device: a 400 g TNT press with an electric detonator, a power battery, an antenna for remote detonation and a fixing magnet. In an apartment in the city of Vratsa, Ivanov kept many stamps to draw up false documents: the mayor’s office of the Vratsa municipality, courts, prosecutors, notaries, registration offices, many companies in the region. He was also found guilty of preparing for the production of counterfeit money, as well as possessing narcotic substances for distribution: cocaine and hemp.
Ivan Todorov, another member of the criminal group, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison under a strict initial regime. He will serve 3 years and 3 months after the court enforced his previous 1-year suspended sentence of “prison.”
The sentences of the members of the criminal group came into force after the four pleaded guilty, refused to hear the case in general order and reached agreements with the Prosecutor’s Office, which were approved by the Specialized Criminal Court.
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