Judicial breakthrough in the prosecutor’s omerta “The Eight Dwarfs”

It’s been more than two years since the “Eight Dwarfs” scandal erupted following an
investigation
by the Anti-Corruption Fund. A lot has happened in that time. For example, the Evrovi family was summoned for questioning in the General Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime (GDBOP) – after which they divorced. BIRD revealed the inexplicable property wealth of Lyubena in Bulgaria and Greece, which after the division with Petyo strangely went to Emil Harsev. The economist, as is known, is not embarrassed by such “toxic” customers, judging by how he takes care of the patrimony of the wanted crypto queen Ruzha Ignatova and Alexander Manolev with his infamous “mother-in-law”.

The prosecutor’s umbrella over Evrovi was also polished, objectified in a statement by the head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office Valentina Madzharova. She had the audacity to claim that the main thing in this scandal was the family ties between the participants – and soon after her famous discovery the SP was closed (and deservedly, we might add). Mysteriously disappeared video footage from the parking lot of the SP exactly from that day, in which Frantisek and the anonymous prosecutor on duty loaded 35 kg. gold in the family jeep of Petyo and Lyubena Evrovy. The supervising prosecutor Julian Lefterov for two years never scola (or rather did not want) to attract a single defendant for the possession of BGN 5 million in gold and cash, thanks to the prosecutorial decrees of the leaders Peychinov and Deyanov. Meanwhile, the ECHR launched the
appeal
of Yavor Zlatanov on the fastest track, who filed a lawsuit against Bulgaria not only because of this obsession, but also because of the fact that through the coordinated actions of Eurovi, Frantisek, Peychinov and company he was brought to a state of semi-disability.

Petyo The euro against Iliya Zlatanov – 0:1

In general, due to the stupid but stubborn silence on the subject of the Casketura in general and the lefters in particular, the scandal was expected to quietly turn into oblivion and oblivion, like many others before it. The strongest – and unfortunately the most successful – prosecutorial strategy on such topics is precisely this: silence, silence, silence. Fortunately, however, other action vectors are underway that the Casquet cannot (and cannot be) silence and crush. For example, such a very serious vector is the judicial proceedings in the ECtHR, which we mentioned above. But not only that. Recently, the Bulgarian courts ruled on a very key case in which parties are precisely Lyubena Evrova (i.e. after the divorce already Lyubena Pavlova) and Iliya Zlatanov – namely, the central participants in this unique prosecutorial-corruption plot. By a decision of 28.09.2022 in case 6994/2020 of the Sofia City Court, Judge Elena Andreeva showed and proved that in the judicial system the court is still the place where integrity, dignity and objectivity prevail. Unlike the Casketure, where obscurantism, dirty errands reign, and the meanest and most rudimentary theft.

In this case, the plaintiff Lyubena asks the court to admit that Iliya Zlatanov and his companies owe her BGN 2.8 million on a promissory note, issued unconditionally and without the right to protest on 15.07.2019. We recall that it was this record that was the price Zlatanov unhappily agreed to pay the Euro for his priceless services as a “settler” in the system of dirty prosecutorial procurement. Based on this recording, almost all companies with the brand “Izamet” are imposed by Lyubena distraints. But those liens are being litigated and it’s unclear how much longer they’ll last. And the lady (sorry, now the miss) wants her cash. All (close) 3 million leva. And he filed a lawsuit – which, however, for the honor of the Bulgarian court, lost. Remarkable are the motives of Judge Andreeva, with which we will now introduce you.

A civil case – and a worthy judge

For starters, the court exhaustively points out the facts – part of it is already known, but other parts are new. For example, in the court decision we see that two of the main active (lawyer) persons are still punished. Adv. Magdalena Monchovska, the former secretary of the Euro from the Sofia investigation, was disqualified for three months by the High Disciplinary Court. Three months in our opinion is nothing, but the interesting thing is different – a check in the legal register
reveals
that even now in the “Current status” column it says “Deprived of rights”. The other “heroine”, adv. Tsvetelina Tsvetkova herself has requested the suspension of her rights to practice for a period of one year – due to
, according to
sources of Capital – a nervous breakdown experienced. To date in Adv. register about it says “Practitioner”, so apparently the collapse has already been experienced – or the catharsis has happened, in other words (who knows).

For the biggest fools, however, the lawyers Petyo Euro and Desislava Kotseva, there are no penalties. In the first case, the Vidin college launders the Euro, as what is the “Vidin college” we will not bother to comment at all. And in the second case, the laundering is from the Pazardzhik college, where Kotseva is registered. As
we recently told
you, this college is highly non-accidental – not only is the inscribed the infamous Vladimira Yaneva from our
investigation
“Vladi and Joro”, but also the college itself is considered to be under the informal but healthy control of a successful (un)young MRF-MP with excess weight. In both cases, there is no evidence that the Supreme Bar Court has exercised ex officio control over the decisions of these “diligent” provincial associations. Hair be it, as they say. Another new point in the facts is that Mrs. Evrova herself was questioned by Prosecutor Lefterov on 13.08.2020, but – be careful – in her capacity as a witness! Well done, prosecutor-effendi, three times bravo!! Witness, but not accused (sacon!).

It is an honor to the court that on its own initiative it conducts comprehensive and thorough interrogations on this civil case – something that not all judges are trying to do – of Mrs. Evrova, the lawyers involved, Zlatanov himself and others. It was on the basis of these interrogatories–and juxtaposing the contradictions between Lyubena’s testimony and objective realities–that the court reached the conclusion of the simulativeness of the promissory note in question. To be more precise, the court analyzed the so-called. ‘causal relationship’. The court examines and concludes about the existence of “another causal deal“, which is actually grounds for Iliya Zlatanov to “self-oblige” to Lyubena. This other deal is precisely Zlatanov’s verbal agreement with Petyo the euro the latter to “help” him by activating the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office in his favor. It is precisely for the purpose of concealing (but also formalizing) this verbal agreement, the court reasoned, that Zlatanov undertook himself to Lyubena with this record-of-command. In other words, the Euro does not want his name to appear in writing anywhere, which is why he hides himself and his dirty deal behind his wife. A very “man” act, there is nothing (but this is a separate topic). It was the information given by Lyubena during the interrogation and before the proc. Lefterov – both requested and joined by the court – became the main reason for her to lose the case. The Court expressly notes that this information (as well as the documents included by the prosecution) contradict what Lubena claimed before the court. An own goal, Mrs. Evrova, we would conclude. Now all you have to do is sue proc. Lefterov (or, say, Frantisek). In conclusion, the court points out as follows: “It is necessary (is) the conclusion that the claim on the promissory note does not exist, because the will of the defendant-publisher was not to oblige it to the plaintiff-underwriter. row. Lyubena), but to guarantee a claim arising from a causal relationship between other legal entities (Euro and Zlatanov). Thus, the objective and worthy Bulgarian court “illuminates” the Euro’s attempt to hide behind his wife, as well as illuminates what exactly was the purpose of the commitment for these almost BGN 3 million.

The casketure at this time “sweet spin”

The sweet spinning of the Casketure (spoken in Borisov) at the same time ensures that nothing will happen to the Euro and Lyubena. Although the investigation is already at the pre-trial stage (and perhaps because of this), Ip. Ip. 10308/2020 is hidden from the website of the Prosecutor’s OfficeSo that no one can tell if there is any movement on it at all. The PRB’s practice of hiding files of high public interest was the subject of a separate
investigation
of ours; Moreover, it turns out that this practice is currently being challenged in court – and the case was provoked precisely by our investigation. Either way, the case received a new impetus during the time of Boyko Rashkov as a Minister of Interior. Then the Evrovi family (and others) were summoned for interrogation in the General Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime (GDBOP), after which they were detected by our reporter Dimitar Stoyanov. And while the ubiquitous Euro ran away from questions and quickly hid in her jeep, Lyubena deigned to answer a few questions. We attach a
link
to her only so far media “appearance” from November 15, 2021, so you can enjoy it. There are two central moments, at least according to the accents of my colleague Stoyanov. First, Lyubena was extremely unpleasantly surprised by the question of the posh Ritz café in Thessaloniki, which was apparently purchased with Zlatanov’s gold – and which she recently put up for sale (apparently for the purpose of whitewashing the traces). Secondly – and very importantly – in her confusion and irritation she missed that “
at the moment the NRA is conducting a very heavy revision for me
.” And this, dear readers, is key – because this is where a thread starts with which we can untangle the sock!

The gold of the Evrovi family and the convenient NRA

The logic is elementary – as we saw above, Lyubena has never received her 3 million leva yet, and the court rejected her claim. At the same time, buying a café in Thessaloniki on the central promenade is an extremely expensive undertaking – and as we found out from a previous
investigation
, these are far from the only properties of Lyubena in Greece. Where does the money for this property come from? Well, from the 35 kg. Gold in the trunk of the jeep, that’s from where. In other words, these properties are indirect evidence of the stolen gold.

And this is where the problematic “revision” of the NRA comes to the fore. A careful review of the registers did not reveal any subsequent court proceedings with the participation as parties of the NRA and Lyubena – neither in a personal capacity nor through its companies. Because it means one of two things. Option 1 – the revision is not yet complete, nearly a year-and-three months after it starts. This is extremely unlikely, given that the complex and complex revision of Lukoil, for example, ended in exactly 1 year. Option 2, far more likely: the revision is over and everything is fine, Lyubena is washed and ready for reuse. This option is more likely for another reason – recently Come the fact is revealed, despite the persistent attempts of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office to hide it, that Rumen Spesov has been subject to pre-trial proceedings for hidden taxes for some time. Given that the Euro controls the prosecution, it is obvious and needless to prove that the most reliable way to guarantee the desired outcome of a particular revision is to keep the boss of the revisers on a short (pre-trial) leash. It’s simple, as they say in Bankya. Of course, the file against Spetsov is also hidden from the PRB website – and so the circle closes. Convenient, isn’t it?!

ECHR and how prosecutors brought a person to disability

Above, we mentioned how the European Court of Human Rights launched Yavor Zlatanov’s
appeal
against Bulgaria on the fastest possible track. Judge for yourself – the complaint was filed on 27.10.2021, and on 29.03.2022 it was already communicated. This is really a record speed! The court’s ruling not only reproduces the facts in detail, but also raises extremely uncomfortable questions. Due to their volume, we will not reproduce them here, but you can get acquainted with them yourself at the already mentioned
link
. Suffice it to say that the issues concern the violence and coercion exercised on Yavor Zlatanov in order to transfer his shares to whom he needs to – as a result of which he is left without one kidney, the second functioning at only 20%. The questions also concern the refusal of the Specialized Court to exercise judicial control over prosecutorial pigs, and here in the first place stands out the refusal of the SNA to force Prosecutor Peychinov to return the seized gold. Why coordinated actions of prosecutors Kiril Peychinov, Damyan Deyanov and judge Vilislava Angelova (Known by the phrase “Organized crime will gladly accept us!“) under CHD 3095/21 actually make it possible for the Evrovi family to shop nice properties in Greece, Boyana and elsewhere (e.g. apartments not far from the “Eight Dwarfs”). As well as very likely will lead to an extremely humiliating condemnation of Bulgaria within the next 12 months. This, in our opinion, is an independent and sufficient reason to close the Special Authorities – which thank God and became a fact recently. Apart from that, it is time to really reconsider the personal property liability of prosecutors who participate in such schemes. As Lyubena herself said, “
Well, from this gold we have to give to František and to the man with the Kasketa
.” In this situation, let František and the man with the Helmet get back the commissions they received, we offer. For starters.

In the melee jumps and KONPIRature

Of course, whenever a lot of money is involved, we cannot do without the participation of KPKONPI. Just don’t think that the people of Tsatsir and Balconi have activated against the Evrovi family! Oooh, no, God forbid – this cannot happen as long as the Euro and Tsatsarov (and Geshev) continue to be in such wonderful, symbiotic relations. No, dear readers – the conpirs are activated against Proletina Zlatanova (Yavor’s sister) and her family. On May 3, 2022, the Commission filed a forfeiture lawsuit with the Sofia City Court, and at this stage there is no scheduled hearing. At the same time, the
distraint of the
SP on Izamet 2000 EOOD continues to be active. Which is a bit strange in view of the fact that the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office has already been “erased” from the legal world – i.e. in whose favor is the attachment registered to date?! However, in the Commercial Register there is no evidence of renewal of the attachment in favor of a valid legal entity – or in other words, it would be right for the attachment to be deleted, even ex officio. However, this does not happen… I wonder why?…

And here it is worth mentioning that Lyubena has already taken the necessary measures to reinsure herself against possible future conpiro actions against her address. And this is because 6 months ago Lyubena and the Euro
divorced
, while
transferring
properties for millions to Emil Harsev and his tangle of companies that “specialize” in just such a type of “services”. We recall that a similar
service
Harsev gave to the sanctioned Alexander Manolev in connection with his mother-in-law house near Sandanski. So, even if at some unclear future moment KPKONPI (extremely hypothetically) acts against Lyubena and the Euro, they will take… of the barefoot tsarvulite. And if Bulgaria is soon sentenced in Strasbourg the massrafe will pay it again we, the taxpayers. Even the budget of the prosecution as a whole will not be affected – after Minister Yanaki Stoilov’s proposal from last year for legislative changes in this direction somehow conveniently sunk into oblivion. Joker for Minister Zarkov – if he wants to notice it.

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