Sofia Prosecutor's Office

A startling revelation emerged as authorities confirmed that a detained police officer from the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP) was found to be in communication with an employee of the State Agency "National Security" (SANS).

GERB leader Boyko Borissov speaks at a-post-election press conference in Sofia, 5 April 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV

The prosecution says there is now incriminating evidence that Bulgaria's PM for much of the time from 2009 to 2021 provided third parties with funds - acquired from crime - to purchase and rent real estate abroad. 

The most visited torrent site in Bulgaria, Zamunda.net, is unavailable. The first signs of emerging problems with the operation of the tracker were observed from the evening of February 21.

The site's collapse comes about a day after the office of the Prosecutor General office asked for help the US Department of Justice for blocking Zamunda.

Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has set a measure for Kristian Boykov, requiring him to report in person every day to the authorities. He was accused of a computer crime, but was released from the detention facility, the Prosecutor's office said on July 18, reports BNT. 

Outgoing Health Minister Petar Moskov has to appear at 16:30 hrs on Monday at Sofia Prosecutor's Office and will probably be indicted regarding the vaccines scandal which happened at the beginning of the year.

At the beginning of 2016, the Prosecutor's Office initiated pre-trial proceedings in relation to the barter of vaccines between Turkey and Bulgaria.

Sofia Prosecutor's Office has indicted former Sofia District Governor Veselin Penev on charges that, in the period 30.12.2015 - 26.04.2016, he did not take sufficient care of the management and preservation of the property assigned to him - the budget granted to the administration of Sofia District for 2016 and a state-owned real estate property - as a result of which significant damages were i

Sofia Prosecutor's Office has started an investigation against former Sofia District Governor Veselin Penev over the Tsarski konyushni deal.

Sofia Prosecutor's Office has started a check of the deal with the Tsarski konyushni property. The Prosecutor's Office has received the signal submitted by BSP deputies Zhelyo Boychev and Kaloyan Pargov against the deal concluded by the Sofia District Governor.

Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) Chief Executive Orlin Rusev and Chief Accountant Mariya Dimova were interrogated in Bulgaria's capital Sofia on Monday.

The two senior employees are under investigation for allegedly having embezzled BGN 206 M from the bank. In mid-July the Sofia Prosecutor's Office announced it would not demand that they be placed into custody.

BGN 206 M missing at Bulgaria's CorpBank were not carried out of the bank in cash in the past weeks as previously thought, Sofia Prosecutor's Office announced.

Results from the investigation so far show the money was embezzled over a period of three years, with fake documents allegedly created by Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) high-profile employees to cover up the wrongdoing.