Kiril Petkov has become acting Minister of the Economy at the cost of forged documents and actual fraud presented to the Registration Agency. The false circumstances were necessary to clear him of any kind of conflict of interest.
The veracity of the presented facts was also confirmed by BIRD journalist Atanas Chobanov: "As one of the founders of the association "Let's preserve Coral" and after checking the documents, I can confirm 100% the information provided by the colleagues from "Bivole".
The falsification involved a series of invalid and false documents prepared and legalized by lawyer Lena Borislavova. The aim was to mislead the state institutions that Kiril Petkov Petkov has no conflict with the laws in order to be appointed Minister of Economy in 2021.
Already at the end of April 2021, Petkov knew that he would be appointed to the post of Minister of Economy in the interim government of President Rumen Radev.
For this purpose, he had to present a document that he was a Bulgarian citizen, according to the Constitution. In addition, he is obliged to leave all companies in the management of which he appears. The Canadian citizenship case and its non-declaration was already qualified as unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court. However, Petkov did not suffer any sanction for the violation of the Bulgarian Constitution, although he is personally responsible for it. At the same time, it turns out that there are sufficient grounds for violating a number of other laws, including the Criminal Code, for Kiril Petkov to be appointed Minister of the Economy.
Clearing conflict of interest through fraud
In addition to private business at the time of his emergency entry into politics, Petkov was also a member of the board of the non-governmental organization "Let's preserve Coral". The organization is known for its active civic position not only for the preservation of the marine coast, but also for all kinds of environmental reasons. „Let's save Coral“ is in fact the only public structure that has to some extent legitimized Kiril Petkov as an oppositionist to the management of GERB, Borisov and the corrupt status quo in recent years. In addition to Kiril, his father Petko Petkov participated in its management. The latter was an obstacle, according to the requirements of the Law on Administration.
Article 19, paragraph 7, item 3 clearly states that:
“The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, Deputy Ministers, etc. they cannot be members of a management or control body of a non-profit legal entity, commercial company or cooperative.“
Kyril, however, has managed not to lose his influence in this authoritative civic club, because thanks to it he has become recognizable as an authentic fighter for “change”, and not a parachutist dropped into the Bulgarian socio-political life from afar Canada as it really was. His exit from the Management Board of “Coral“ should have happened the same way it “comes out” of all his firms in private business, ie. to entrust everything in the hands of an extremely close and trusted person, through whom he can maintain his influence. The difference is that when transferring own companies, everything depends on him, and in the public structure there is a long and group legal procedure.
Moreover, it is not certain that the collective will will comply with personal ambitions to put in place a protégé who is his right-hand man in most companies, without even being a member of the “Let's Save Coral“ Association.
Lawyer or forger?
Kiril Petkov was “released” from his position as a manager in the association for the protection of Coral, but at the cost of a forged power of attorney, forged documents, minutes and signatures of the other members of the association.
The false documents were entered into the Registration Agency by none other than personally by lawyer Lena Borislavova, with her qualified electronic signature (KEP)!
The fraud was carried out after the actual inauguration of Minister Kiril Petkov on 12.05.2021. The next day, early in the morning, the “clearing” his.
In an impossibly short period as early as the 14th, Petkov acquired a “cleared“ certificate that he has resigned from the Coral Association's Board of Directors and does not have any other participation contrary to the Law. On this basis, he also submits a Declaration of no conflict of interest to the KPCONPI, so that he can be appointed as a minister in a timely manner.
Forged documents “conduct“ the entire procedure of replacing Kiril Petkov with his close associate, without any of the documented actions having actually taken place. The scheme takes place in early May 2021 – precisely on May 13 and 14, but in a different order, the fake documents were prepared backdated. To make it clear exactly how the forgers acted, we will try to arrange things chronologically, as they happened, and not as they are presented in the false documents.
Chronology of Fraud Against Ministerial Chair
At the beginning of May 2021, Kiril Petkov is urgently preparing to become Minister of Economy in the interim government of Rumen Radev. For this purpose, he must leave all the companies in which he appears.
On May 10, Radev issued the Decree on the appointment of Petkov, and on the 12th, he officially took office. But instead of complying with the Law, a completely criminal way was used to mislead the state institutions.
On May 13th at 1:39 p.m., Lena Borislavova prepares a fake power of attorney with which she can completely dispose of the civil association “Let's keep Coral“ and signs this power of attorney with a forged signature of the Association's Chairman, Atanas Rusev. The signature of the power of attorney is not handwritten, but is copied 1:1 from official documents of the association, in this case a specimen of the signature of the manager of the association.
A fake power of attorney in the name of Lena Zdravkova Borislavova to dispose of the affairs of the "Let's keep Coral" Association. The Chairman's signature is copied and electronically affixed to the document.
In the same dark hour of the night, another series of spurious documents were prepared:
Minutes of the General Meeting of the Company on May 6, 2021, with one single item on the agenda, the dismissal of Kiril Petkov from the Management Board of the Company. In his place on the Board of Directors comes Martin Dragulev, unknown to anyone in the Association, who inherits the entire business of Kiril Petkov. Dragulev is either a manager or on the board of directors in all of Petkov's companies.
It is not difficult to assume that he is a particularly trusted person of the former Prime Minister and Leader of the PP. The minutes of the General Assembly also have the forged signature of the chairman Atanas Rusev. Here the signature was copied from an old power of attorney issued in 2019. The document was also signed by Martin Dragulev himself, it is unknown why and how. The protocol was drawn up on 13.05.2021 at 1:16 am and completed at 1.43 min.
In the Minutes of the General Assembly of the Association with the signatures of the Chairman and Martin Dragulev, Rusev's signature was copied again and imposed as in the other documents
The same Dragulev cannot legally be elected as a member of the Coral Board in place of Petkov, as he is not and has never been a member of the Association. Such a change completely violates the Articles of Association of the company.
Kiril Petkov's companies and participations in all kinds of companies were transferred to Martin Dragulev after he came to power
Minutes regarding the posting of an invitation to convene a General Assembly of “Let's keep Coral”. It is dated 21.04.2021, signed by Kiril Petkov. There is the forged signature of Atanas Rusev. (Copied from the specimen signature of the manager of the Association). The document was compiled on 05/13/2021, at 1:36 am.
Fake Protocol for the decision taken to unstick the invitation to convene a General Assembly with the signature of Kiril Petkov and again the copied from the same place and imposed signature of the Chairman Rusev
List of all members of all members of non-profit association ”Let's save Coral”, as of May 6, 2021. This document is again with the copied fake signature of Chairman Rusev. It was completed in 1:43 min
Attached List of Members of “Let's Save Coral” as of 06.05.2021. Again with the fake signature of the Chairman
Declaration under Art. 13, para. 4 of ZTRRYULNC for the authenticity of the above documents on behalf of Atanas Rusev. It also bears the forged signature of Atanas Rusev. The document is dated 05/13/2021 and was drawn up at 1:41 am. Two minutes after drawing up the fake power of attorney of Lena Borislavova.
The falsified signature of Atanas Rusev is the same in both documents and it is clear that it was scanned and not handwritten. You can even see the square with which only the signature is cut off by software. The declaration reads: “I declare the truth of the circumstances requested for registration and the acceptance of the acts submitted for announcement concerning the Association.
I am aware of the criminal liability that I bear under Article 313 of the Criminal Code for declaring false data.“
Here the forger himself has defined precisely one of the crimes of a general nature which are prosecuted in such an act, but has cynically attributed it to another. In the case of the unsuspecting chairman of the “Coral“ Association.
Instructions for irregularities and more false documents
On the same day in the morning, the false documents were scanned and submitted to the Registration Agency with the electronic signature of lawyer Lena Borislavova. From there the next day at 8:40 in the morning, they return a letter with Instructions on application ent. No. 20210513015554/13.05.2021. to lawyer Lena Zdravkova Borislavova for the admission of registration of the change in the governing body of the Association “Let's keep Coral“.
The instructions (No. 20210513015554/14.05.2021) read:
“To be submitted to application reg. No. 20210513015554 dated 13.05.2021 – :
– minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors for convening the General Meeting of the members of the association.
– the list of association members (proxies) present at the general meeting with the signature of each person; if proxies were present at the general meeting – evidence of the representative power of the proxies;
– an up-to-date list of the members of the association as of the date of convening the general meeting, certified by the representative; The presented list of members of the association is as of the date of the AGM.“
Instructions pt AB, issued immediately after the filing of the false documents for the “replacement” of Kiril Petkov in the Board of Directors of Koral
Already on the 14th around noon, within about 3 hours, Borislavova prepared the three new false documents with a retroactive date:
Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors and the decision taken at it to replace Kiril Petkov with Dragulev and convening the General Assembly. the document contains the names of Kiril Petkov himself and his father Petko, also a member of the Board of Directors of the Association “Let us preserve Coral”.
List of signatures of the members of the Association, “participated“ in the General Assembly on 06.05.2021 From “the undersigned“ 10 members of the General Assembly, at least 9 signatures were forged, and one – of PP-DB deputy Miroslava Petrova is in doubt, because only she herself can dispute it. One thing is certain, however, that such a General Assembly has NEVER been held, just as there has never been a meeting of The Board of Directors of the Association, at which the Decision to hold a General Meeting, etc. was taken
To summarize – the entire procedure for the deletion and replacement of Kiril Petkov with his loyal partner Martin Dragulev is a spectacular fraud, carried out by Lena Borislavova and carried out with the complicity or involuntary assistance of employees of the Registration Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria.< br />
Pure and Simple
Obviously, the result occurred in the necessary order, because on 14.06.2021, Kiril Petkov submitted a Declaration to the KPCONPI, according to the requirements of the Law on Administration and the Law on Combating Corruption. In his declaration, the newly appointed Minister of the Economy officially states that at the time of his assumption of office in the high power state post, he was not a member of the management or control of companies or legal entities with a non-profit purpose / as is the case with the Association for “Coral&rdquo ;/. The last circumstance is practically misleading both KPCONPI and the Council of Ministers, of which Petkov is a member, since he actually and according to the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria did not leave or legally leave the Management Board of this company. strong>
DANS, Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and … anything else?
For reasonable suspicions of committed crimes under several articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Bulgaria, the DANS was referred in June 2023. An inspection was immediately carried out and in July 2023, the materials were sent to the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office! From there, in August, they were sent to the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office, and at the beginning of September 2023, pre-trial proceedings were initiated in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The case was given to an investigating police officer at the 5th police station at the Sofia Police Department. The case was filed as Pre-trial proceedings No. 5275/2023, and according to the inventory of the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office, it is 38008/2023
Investigation begins, on which so far 8 months of evidence have been collected and more than 15 witnesses have been questioned. Suddenly, without any explanation, the SRP seizes back the case and sends it for investigation to ……. Burgas District Prosecutor's Office. It is not clear on what grounds and what is being worked on in this scandalous case which concerns irrefutable evidence of gross crimes falling under the provisions of document fraud, official crime, violation of the Law on Administration, the Law on Advocacy, possible complicity of registry officials or judges and, in general, in one word #CORRUPTION.
Here, the responsibility lies not only with the authors of the forgeries, but also with the person who knowingly benefits from the result of such a crime. is huge, because we are talking about persons who participated and are participating in the top management of the Bulgarian state and make fateful decisions about its fate.
There is no way not to mention well-founded doubts about the deliberate delay of the investigation and inaction of the prosecutor's office. The dependence of this institution on political interests and #Sglobki is an internationally known bad name.
A similar case “of logs” is a great argument for political blackmail and keeping the entire PPDB structure dependent, by embarrassing leading political leaders and allowing them to be blackmailed. We are driven entirely by our journalistic mission to reveal the truth as it is is to present it to the public, because it has the right to know the hidden and dark sides of the politicians who make the important decisions affecting the future of the nation.
“Buffalo” send questions to the press center of “Continuing the change” and to the press secretary of the political formation Nayo Titsin. The question to Kiril Petkov reads: “Did you sign under the Protocol of 20.04.21 for pasting invitations for convening a General Meeting of the Association “Let's Preserve Coral” , on which you were replaced by Martin Dragulev?”. A question for Lena Borislavova is “Have you received an official power of attorney from the Chairman of the Association “Let's Preserve Coral” Atanas Rusev to represent him?”.
Nayo Titsin replied that “today leaders are traveling the country for meetings”. “You yourself understand that answers to such specific questions require time for verification”, explained the publicist of “The Change” in front of “Bivole”.
The media undertakes to publish the answers of Kiril Petkov and Lena Borislavova when they are received.
Stay tuned for details on the Technology and Counterfeiters
Source: Buffalo