The Sofia District Prosecutor's Office has opened pre-trial proceedings after a series of investigations by Marieta Nikolaeva for excursion fraud. Despite this, the scheme continues to operate, NOVA reports.
This is the fraudulent scheme of Teodora Miteva. People book excursions and holidays, pay, but neither travel nor get their money back.
The scheme operates through two companies registered in the names of other people. Teodora Miteva, who is said to be the organizer of the fraud and the main actor, refused a meeting. Instead, she called the police.
However, it turns out that the investigation has not stopped the scheme's activities even in recent days.
A woman who wishes to remain anonymous says that she wants to plan her summer vacation on our Black Sea coast. She calls Teodora, whose services she has already used.
"Our agreement was that after I transfer 1,200 leva to her new company - "Gabriel - Ya EOOD", I would receive a reservation number. However, this never happened," the woman says.
Several more conversations followed, in which she received no answers from Teodora. She realized that there was no paid reservation.
"Immediately after that, she called me, but she was aggressive and rude, she started yelling at me that I had no right to ask for explanations, that everything would happen when she decided, she refused to give me explanations. I heard from the hotel - there was a reservation, but no payment. When I contacted her again, Mrs. Miteva said that I was bothering her and referred me to her lawyer. In a conversation with him, she told me not to worry - there would be a break, if necessary, they would return my money. My lawyer contacted the lawyer, but since then there has been complete silence. Neither the lawyer nor she has contacted us," says the woman.
The company to which the money was transferred is different from the ones known so far. The new one is registered in Elin Pelin. The owner is Gabriela Mihaylova.
She admitted that the company is indeed hers, but for five months she has ceded it to Teodora Miteva. For about 700 leva per month. Gabriela apologized to the victims of the fraud and denied being aware of the criminal activity.