The story around Petyo Petrov and the restaurant "The Eight Dwarfs" has long been a symbol of what many call the "parallel prosecutor's office". A place where, according to numerous testimonies, destinies, cases and careers are decided. And a place that is invariably associated with the so-called "family" - an informal circle of prosecutors, magistrates and intermediaries who are said to have pulled the strings behind the scenes of justice.
In recent days, the topic has resurfaced, this time around the name of Teodora Georgieva. According to various stories and testimonies, she was in the "The Eight Dwarfs" - the restaurant that has become synonymous with Pepi Euroto's influence on the prosecution. Georgieva herself explains these meetings as accidental or insignificant. But the questions remain.
How did it come about that she became the European prosecutor? The procedure for her selection went through the Bulgarian institutions, which were supposed to guarantee transparency and independence. However, doubts have emerged in the public space about connections with circles in the prosecution, which for years have been described as part of the “family“.
Here comes the other, even more disturbing plot. According to allegations that have emerged over the years surrounding the “Eight Dwarfs“ scandal, Petyo Petrov has given out 10,000 leva to people from the “family“. Money that, according to the stories, was given as a kind of “support“ or a sign of belonging to this informal circle. If there were 20 people in the “family“, for example, who reached for the envelope with the money every month… That's 200,000 leva per month (nearly 100,000 euros). That makes 1.2 million euros per year. And for two years, and for three… Did Pepi Euroto have this money to distribute to the “family“. Yes, probably some of it came from “orders“ from clients, but if there was no new “order“ in the month.
And here's a question that is not asked.
Where did this money come from?
Pepi Euroto was not a businessman with a publicly known empire. He was not a person who officially managed millions of funds. He was a magistrate – investigator, and later a lawyer. A state salary and private practice can hardly explain the legends of cash distributed to magistrates and intermediaries.
If these stories are true, the logical question is: who financed Pepi Euro?
Because a person who distributes money in such amounts rarely does so with his own funds. In such schemes, there is usually a source - business interests, influence on cases, political umbrellas or a combination of all of these.
That is why the topic is not just about one restaurant, one prosecutor or one missing intermediary. The topic is about the model. About whether an informal structure - the "family" - operated in the Bulgarian prosecutor's office for years, which had its own rules, its own meetings and probably its own financial flows.
If this is so, the question is no longer whether someone was in the "Eight" dwarves“.
The question is who paid the bill.