The highest award in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be given to the Bulgarian anti-mafia from Sliven, who are starting the investigation of the largest scheme to drain 54 million pounds from the British social system, bTV reported.
The main credit goes to Vasil Panayotov from GDBOP.
According to media on the Island, including the "Times", he deserves a knighthood.
Panayotov told how more than 6,000 Bulgarian citizens received an average of 2,000 pounds of social benefits per month with false documents.
„Count them how many thousands times 2000 pounds what is it about. And at some point, this money does not go to the customers, it stops. And the money goes to the organizers," says Panayotov.
Vasil Panayotov was the first to acquire operational information. According to her, residents of the Sliven district “Nadezhda” have drastically changed their standard of living. And behind this sits an organized criminal group.
„They managed to check the information, confirm it, report the materials to the prosecutor's office, initiate proceedings and a little later notify their colleagues from Great Britain”, explained Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov.
Their colleagues from Great Britain are also starting an investigation. Last week, the 5 Bulgarians accused of embezzling the millions were sentenced to between 3 and 8 years in prison.