Fraud for millions with continuation . A businessman with properties in Great Britain, which he rents out - that's what Tanyo Danchev presented himself to his neighbors in our country. This is the Bulgarian convicted of siphoning 2 million and 200 thousand pounds from the island's social system, bTV reports.
For 4 years - Tanyo Danchev organized the transportation of Bulgarians to Great Britain. There they applied for the "Universal Credit" social assistance. However, the sum of over 2 million pounds went into Danchev's pocket.
The scheme was described by the British newspaper “Telegraph”. Danchev is the sixth person convicted of embezzling aid from the Island in the last six months. Our check shows that he lived luxuriously in Bulgaria.
39-year-old Tanyo Danchev has already been sentenced to 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to 29 charges of fraud. At the moment, there is no information about how many people applied for help under Danchev's scheme and what he gave them in return.
From the commercial register in Great Britain, we understand that Danchev is connected to 3 companies. We have one - registered in the village of Kolarovo in Staro Zagora.
The mayor says that 2-3 years ago, Danchev bought land with an old house.
„He reformed it, expanded it and built a whole residence for himself,” says Georgi Tenev.
Our team saw that the house has a pool and video surveillance. Only by the front door - there are three cameras. In Kolarovo, they don't know much about their fellow villagers.
People in the village send us to a shop they claim is Danchevi's.
after our team arrived in the village, the family's grocery store was suddenly closed and they didn't even put away today's press.
In May, five of our compatriots were behind bars for siphoning more than 50 million pounds from the British welfare system.
Then we met Gunesh Ali's mother – one of the tartar juiciest of the bunch.
Then the investigation started from Bulgaria, the scheme was unraveled by the anti-mafia Vasil Panayotov. He told bTV only how the fraud was carried out.
“Fake landlord-tenant contracts are created where it is certified that such accommodation is paid, but in reality there is none. They don't exist. That is, the lodgings exist, but dozens of persons are registered at the addresses”, commented the expert.
It is assumed that in both cases the scheme operated on the same principle, with social benefits ranging from a few hundred to several thousand.