The district prosecutor's office in Blagoevgrad filed an indictment and brought a family to court for property fraud in the amount of nearly BGN 600,000. The 49-year-old man, his wife and their 23-year-old son have been charged with fraud for the purpose of property benefit in particularly large amounts, BNT reported.
The three defendants are unemployed. The father and son have been criminally charged, and the mother has been convicted of possession of narcotic substances, according to the prosecutor's office.
After pre-arrangement and complicity, they deliberately induced and perpetuated delusion among several individuals for their own gain. With their actions, they wanted to benefit themselves in a light, albeit criminal way.
The crimes were committed on the territory of the cities of Dupnitsa, Sofia, Sandanski and in the village of Marikostinovo, municipality of Petrich, according to the state prosecution.
The accused often paraded in the public space their closeness to famous persons, those holding public positions, high social and administrative positions, working in the judicial system and law enforcement agencies.
By creating and maintaining false representations, the three caused property damage to several citizens in the total amount of BGN 597,785.
The perpetrators used various ways to mislead the victims – providing assistance in criminal cases, for the implementation of projects with public procurement, for collecting monetary obligations by forming a promissory note without protest, selling cars and trucks, transferring ownership of real estate, planting drugs in a car for the purpose of initiation of criminal proceedings against a specific person.
The 45-year-old woman was brought to criminal responsibility for a document crime. In January 2023, in Blagoevgrad, she drew up a false private document - a promissory note without protest for the sum of BGN 93,000, giving it the appearance of being a written statement of a specific person, who in reality did not sign it. Subsequently, she used the document in question for the purpose of fraud.
The accused offered the "services" for the resolution of various issues against the provision of sums of money. When their promises remained fruitless, they stopped answering phone calls and maintaining contact with the people who suffered from their actions.
In the course of the pre-trial proceedings, a lot of evidence was collected about the guilt of the accused persons. There is the persistence shown by them to carry out the criminal act, the long period during which they acted, the high amount of property damage caused, the lack of any criticality towards what was done. They did not express their desire to compensate for the harmful consequences, as the sums they received have not been reimbursed, the prosecutor's office specifies.
The case is to continue in court.