Hemusgate: NRA is looking for 3.4 million VAT for Hemus from Roma woman Nina Todorinova

The company “Vindor Montana” Ltd. has been on the NRA’s list of debtors since yesterday, a check of the BRRD showed. She owes the fisc 3.4 million leva. This is the company that has received the largest share of 56 million for the Hemus Motorway. The owner of the company is a Roma lady named Nina Todorinova. Her proxy has withdrawn BGN 18,618,077. At the International Asset Bank, then died of Covid-19.

Today, Minister Boyko Rashkov confirmed this revelation of BRRD and Zov News with the words: “I expect many such tramps to appear in this investigation. I very much hope they don’t die often from Covid, do you understand me?”

The scheme to drain millions of the money for Hemus Motorway was announced ten days ago at a joint press conference of the Ministry of Interior, the State Agency for National Security and the National Revenue Agency. According to the published data, nearly BGN 56 million were received through 5 shell companies from the money for Lot 5 of the Hemus Motorway. Their proxies then withdrew $55 million to an unnamed bank.

From public information disclosed by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, it is known that initially the money for Lot 5 was transferred from the state-owned Avtomagistrali EAD to Water Construction – Blagoevgrad AD, which is related to Groma Hold (former Agrohold).

The names of the companies and proxies were not disclosed, but a joint investigation by the BRRD and Zov News revealed them (see here and here). Of the five fuse companies used to siphon off 56 million in cash, only Rich Building Stroy EOOD is not a subject of interest to the NRA and is not sought by the revenue department. All others have notices of service under art. 32 of the TSSPC. These are Building Conti Stroy EOOD (two messages), Vindor Montana EOOD (six messages), Pro Building Group Ltd. (9 messages), Leventa 90 EOOD (three messages).

NRA chief Rumen Spetsov said at the joint press conference with the Interior Ministry that the scheme had defrauded the budget by at least 20m euros. left. The millions that the NRA is looking for from “Vindor Montana” Ltd. are not the only ones. “Pro Building Group” Ltd. is in the list of debtors of the NRA with 2.5 million, and “Leventa 90” EOOD owes 2.1 million.

In the last two companies, twenty-five million of the money for the Hemus Motorway have passed. They were received at a cash desk by two people associated with the Roma parties PP “Euroroma” and PP “Roma”. One of them – Toma Georgiev Yankov was also chairman of the youth structure of MRF in Mezdra, the investigation of BRRD and Zov News found.

“Vindor Montana” is owned by Nina Evgenieva Todorinova from Kostinbrod. Now the NRA is looking for 3.4 million leva from it.

The message from the NRA was sent to the Sofia address of the company, where it could not be found, as a check of a BRRD reporter showed a week ago. Todorinova herself has an address registration in Kostinbrod, but on her Facebook profile she has indicated that she lives in Berkovitsa.

Nina Todorinova’s proxy for operating with the bank accounts of the company was the destitute Krasimir Dimitrov Mitrikov from the village of Zlatia near Montana. He managed to withdraw over BGN 18 million from the money for Lot 5 of Hemus Motorway, after which he died of Covid-19. For his services were promised 20,000 leva, which he did not receive.

At the press conference, Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov said that the bank, from which millions were withdrawn “in bags and sacks” was linked to former partners of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov from the SIC group – “The Pasha, Madzho, Margins”. This description is answered only by “International Asset Bank”.

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