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Peter haralampiev
Today, September 25, 2020, the Special Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment in the Specialized Criminal Court against the former president of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, Petar Haralampiev, the former chief secretary of the agency Krassimir Tomov and two other people . This was announced by the press center of the special prosecutor’s office.
They were taken to court for participating in an organized criminal group created to solicit and receive bribes, influence peddling and money laundering.
The head of the state agency has been prosecuted for leading a criminal group organized from the beginning of July 2017 to October 29, 2018, in his capacity as an official. In this capacity, he personally solicited and received bribes for the legal issuance of certificates of Bulgarian origin to foreign citizens, in some cases expressly (even within one business day).
Krassimir Tomov in court PHOTO: Archive
Petar Haralampiev also negotiated influence: he pressured the vice president of the agency to sign the orders for the issuance of the certificates and the certificates themselves, as well as the other acts on the procedure for their issuance, with threats of sanction and dismissal.
The former secretary general of the agency will also face three charges. In addition to participating in the criminal group, he is accused of influence peddling and money laundering.
In a bank safe, Krassimir Tomov was left with 181,930 euros, 152,770 leva, 32,250 US dollars and 15 pounds sterling with a total BGN equivalent of 563,936.93 leva, which he did not declare and which he knew were acquired through of serious crimes committed intentionally. of the organized criminal group.
The SABS president and secretary general have also committed numerous official crimes related to their work with public financial resources: misuse of company cars, fuel, bonus funds and salaries, etc. They are reflected in the PFIA reports prepared at the request of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, and the damages caused to the SABS are reimbursed in installments. Based on these facts and evidence, the materials were separated in a separate pretrial proceeding.
The other two defendants in the case were brought to court for participating in an organized criminal group.
The participants in the corrupt activities of the participants were mainly citizens of Western Balkan countries, as well as non-EU countries with Slavic populations.
There have been proven cases in which Krassimir Tomov personally advised foreign nationals or their intermediaries on how to manipulate the documents of applications for the issuance of a certificate of Bulgarian origin: birth certificates, marriage certificates, etc. of the parents and grandparents of the candidates.
The Specialized Criminal Court is about to schedule a preliminary hearing on the case.
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