Sofia City Prosecutor's Office (SGP) filed an indictment in Sofia City Court (SGS) in pre-trial proceedings for an organized criminal group created to commit extortion, official and corruption crimes.
Criminal proceedings were initiated in the now closed Specialized Prosecutor's Office in 2019 in connection with data on a criminal group that aimed to commit official and corruption crimes. Officials from the closed State Gambling Commission (SGA) also participated in the group.
Ten persons were brought to court - Vasil Bozhkov as the organizer and leader of the group, and the other nine persons - A.G., G.P., A.T., B.B., O.M., T .M., P.G., E.D. and J.C., as participants in it, some of them in the capacity of officials from DKH.
Bozhkov was brought to court as an instigator in complicity with DKH officials who committed a breach of their official duties - they allowed themselves not to be charged and not collected in full due fees under the Gambling Act. As a result of the criminal activity, damages were caused to the state budget in the amount of BGN 559,739,164.70.
SGS is about to schedule an administrative meeting.