The European Prosecutor's Office charged Bulgarian entrepreneur accused of falsifying documents with which he applied for European funds, BNR reported.
The message states that the accused is the manager of a milk processing company.
The accused submitted forged documents in order to be able to build a milk processing workshop with European funds. He requested from the State Fund "Agriculture" 474,000 euros for this purpose. For the advance payment of half of the contract amount, the accused submitted a bank guarantee, which was rejected by the payment agency due to non-compliance with the requirements.
He later submitted more forged documents to make it appear that the necessary changes had been made. With this fraud, the accused received half of the project funds (237,000 euros). The investigation found that the EU-funded works had not been carried out.
If found guilty, the entrepreneur could be sentenced to 2 to 8 years in prison.