Borisov posted a photo with criminal types from the Northwest

A photo in Boyko Borisov’s profile, from his visit to Montana, very clearly illustrates what is the electorate that GERB attracts and what are his justice needs. In the photo, Borisov hugs two men. One, the one with hair next to Borisov, is Nikolay Alexandrov Nedkov, nicknamed “The Hook”, known from criminal chronicles. The second with the bare head is Georgi Spasov Georgiev, detained in the past for usury and money laundering.

Although the photo is from Montana, Spasov is a “star” from Vratsa, and Nedkov is one of the “powerful of the day” in Byala Slatina. He is considered one of the Cardinals of the Northwest. About 20 years ago, his name was involved in a series of arson and harassment of the residents of Byala Slatina. The man who was identified by bTV in 2003 as a partner of Niki Kukata is Vesso Ungara. Probably this is Veselin Popov – Lungara, a sworn enemy of ex. the mayor of the village of Galiche Tsenko Chokov and a legend of the Northwest. Chokov and his son Martin are currently serving prison sentences . Lungara was in the news after a report of a threat of murder by Chokov’s wife. The son of Veselin Popov is associated with arson in the apartment of Chokov’s lawyer – Tsvetelina Yotova. In April this year, media reports reported that Lungara had been detained with synthetic drugs at the border.

After 2003, there is no evidence that Nikolay Alexandrov Nedkov was associated with Veselin Popov – Lungara. In general, there is a lack of publications about it. Only the Commercial Register “speaks” about it. Official records show that since April 1 this year Nedkov has been a registered insurance agent. He is also a partner in BRFM 2021 from 2021 . There his partner is Zdravko Vladimirov Ivanov, who, according to the Trade Register, is also on the Board of Directors and representing S. G. Group.

Along with this company, the vicious practice of GERB’s mandate BDB to lend companies or proofreading companies linked to Delyan Peevski and Ahmed Dogan to buy bad receivables related to Delyan Peevski and Ahmed Dogan was revealed. Including such, associated with the sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act oligarch It is probably not irrelevant that S. G. Group is generously credited by FIB. As Capital notes, In 2019, S.G. Group became the largest collection company as a result of a dubious deal for a package of bad receivables, valued at 236m euros. Lv. S.G. Group buys it from FIB with a loan… from FIB. Non-performing loans in old, but the deal went over 40% of their nominal value. According to representatives of the sector, the price paid is many times above market levels. The deal helps FIB to improve its balance sheet before the ECB stress test .

In one of the companies related to S. G. Group – Money Plus Management, the owner is the father of Zdravko Vladimirov Ivanov – Vladimir Vladimirov. The father is also a manager in Credit Respect, where his son is the owner. Through Zdravko Vladimirov Ivanov, Nikolay Alexandrov Nedkov is today a related person with mayors, MPs and politicians, and the allegations of proximity to Veselin Popov – Lungara are long forgotten and exist only in the archive of bTV.

Georgi Spasov Georgiev, the bald man in the photo with Borisov, is a far more up-to-date participant in the criminal chronicle. In 2011, the man was detained along with the late Stanka Marangozova. The relationship between the two goes beyond criminal proceedings and newspaper headlines. They are partners in the active company Stroy build. The third partner there is Nikolay Veselinov Ivanov. The two have also partnered in BG New Energy, which has ceased commercial activity.

Georgi Spasov Georgiev is an excellent example of the fact that Boyko Borisov’s supporters do not need judicial reform. The situation at the moment suits them. Prosecutor Dimitar Fratišek Petrov has twice terminated pre-trial proceedings for usury against him. After its first ruling, the case against Georgiev was returned by the court for further investigation with mandatory instructions, which of course were not met.

The case 13001/2015 of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office against Georgiev is an emblematic example of the work of the state prosecution in the time of Tsatsarov and Geshev. Pre-trial proceedings began after a spectacular action by the Ministry of Interior at the end of 2011, when he and Stanka Marangozova were detained on suspicion of committing several crimes, including money laundering. Authorities suspect the two are part of a criminal group. By a decree of April 4, 2012 of the Vratsa District Prosecutor’s Office, the proceedings against them were sent to the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office under jurisdiction. Investigators failed to turn the investigation into a case against an organized criminal group and the materials against the detainees were divided, clarifying different charges. Pre-trial proceedings No. 27 of 2015 are being conducted against Georgiev on the inventory of NLC and preliminary file 13001/2015. on the inventory of the SGP. He was investigated for carrying out bank transactions on a professional basis, but without the appropriate permission from the BNB. The man was charged with criminal responsibility for providing money for interest to persons from Vratsa and the region from the beginning of 2006 to November 9, 2011.

On October 12, 2015, however, Dimitar Frantisek Petrov concluded that Georgiev’s actions were not composed, and the accusation was unproven. According to the prosecutor, Georgiev’s usury activity did not fall under the hypothesis referred to in the norm of Article 252, paragraph 2, paragraph 1 of the Penal Code, as it did not constitute banking activity. Georgiev did not carry out deposit raising, which, according to the prosecutor, is a mandatory and necessary condition for there to be banking activity and therefore the accused has not violated the law. On October 19, 2015, Georgiev received a copy of Frantisek’s decree. Within the deadline set by the law – on October 26, he “surprisingly” appealed the prosecutor’s decree to the court. His lawyer Velimir Atanasov, the one who became famous in the Josi case, wants the case to be dismissed only for lack of crime, not for lack of proof of the accusation. The former judge Atanasov, who is alleged to be very close to Geshev, is trying to implement a tested scheme – he complained of the decree, because if the pre-trial proceedings are terminated by an act of the court, the prosecution is not able to resume it. Unfortunately for Georgiev and Atanasov, the private complaint fell to the chairman of the 17th SCC panel Petar Santirov. By his order of 17 November 2015 in Case 4359/2015, he scattered František’s decree in tatters. The judge accepted that František ruled on the basis of his substantive legal conclusions, but not on the evidence collected. According to Santirov, in the pre-trial proceedings there is evidence of systematicality in the execution of many transactions, which in their characteristics are banking:

“The object of proof is the establishment of precisely this systematicality of carrying out numerous transactions, which in their characteristics are banking transactions.”

The judge returns the case to the prosecution with a mandatory instruction that the state prosecution pronounce with a reasoned act on the evidence collected. Santirov’s ruling was appealed to the Sofia Court of Appeal. The Third Chamber, chaired by Ivo Vaptsarov, confirmed the conclusions of the SCC by order of 26 January 2016. The SAS stated in its act that František ruled after a misinterpretation of the applied criminal law rule. The court is adamant that Georgiev’s act covers all objective and subjective signs of usury. With such rulings by two panels, it would be logical for František to bring the charge to court. However, this is not happening. On March 7, 2016, the prosecutor terminated the pre-trial proceedings against Georgi Spasov Georgiev again, and the last time this time he did not make abrupt moves and did not spare him.

How could Boyko Borisov think about judicial reform? The prosecution in the faces of Geshev and Tsatsarov does not simply refuse to investigate and accuse him. The electorate of GERB is used by lawyers, such as Velimir Atanasova. They are excellent lawyers. In our country, the good lawyer knows the law, and the excellent lawyer knows the prosecutor, the judge, or the Prosecutor General. Atanassov knows Geshev. In the cases against such overt activists of GERB, the Prosecutor’s Office is ruling against the law. Although the legal line is traced by two court decisions. Such people, against the backdrop of their murky past, clearly do not need transparent justice. The only thing that is not obvious is what motivates Borisov to publish photos with similar individuals with a dark past.

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