Minister Speaks Out of Truth About Missing Money from Ministry Account in Dubai

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“It was these 100,000 leva that were found a few weeks ago. They were transferred to Bulgaria, stayed for a while on the account to which they were transferred, then they were sent back to Dubai. We do not know what the reason is, because the account is not ours, we are not holders to be able to operate with it. But we have handed over all the documents to the competent authorities, the money has not disappeared. They migrated to the account in Dubai from the Bulgarian account for unknown reasons” – Economy Minister Nikola Stoyanov told Mediapool in response to a question about the investigation of the BIRD.BG into the missing money of the exhibiting companies at EXPO 2020 in Dubai.

A check of BIRD.BG found that the money has never come to Bulgaria to the account of DZZD Bulgaria Expo 2020 at the Bulgarian Development Bank, where it was allegedly sent from Dubai. Nor did they leave this account in the direction of Dubai.

The account statement with IBAN BG45 NASB 9620 1010 9131 01 with wet stamp today clearly proves that an amount of about BGN 100,000 is in the same way. This account has neither received nor published for the period from the end of June 2022 until today.

It is this account that appears in the fake transfer order dated July 4, 2022, presented by our commercial attaché in Dubai Dimitar Dimitrov to the Ministry of Economy. That the document is fake was confirmed by the Dubai bank Emirates NBD in correspondence with the association that organized the Bulgarian presence at EXPO 2020.

The fake payment order signed by our commercial attaché in Dubai Dimitar Dimitrov.

The printouts of the Dubai account, which was under Dimitrov’s control, show that large amounts of cash were withdrawn from it and as of July 4, 2022, there was no balance in the account for such a transfer.

The minister’s statement shows that the money has been found and employees of the ministry will go to Dubai to clarify what is happening to them.

The question remains, however, why Minister Stoyanov claims that the money traveled back and forth between Sofia and Dubai, since there were no such transfers neither from Dubai to Sofia nor from Sofia to Dubai.

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За да научавате преди всички за нови разследвания, инсталирайте си нашето мобилно приложение:

Щом сте стигнали дотук, вероятно вече си задавате въпроса как се финансира този журналистически проект.

От създаването си BIRD се финансираше от подаяния в нашето журналистическо чекмедже.
Но на чекмеджето му мина времето. Даже прокуратурата затвори онова Чекмедже, знаете кое…
Нашето финансиране влиза в крак с епохата. Фондонабиращата ни кампания вече се казва

#МятайСБЪРД

Дарявай за BIRD и мятай павета в блатото с корумпирани политици и други тарикати.
Те тайно премятат пари от твоя джоб в своя. Те размятат безнаказано лукса си пред очите на всички. Няма кой да ги накаже ако се надяваш на държавата.
Мятай, за да ги накажеш ти. Да дариш за разследващите журналисти е гаранция, че гадостите, с които силните на деня те замерят, ще им се върнат.
Можеш да метнеш веднъж, за да ти олекне!
Но по-добре е да мяташ редовно всеки месец и да се чувстваш трайно удовлетворен.
А най-добре е да доведеш приятели и да мятаме редовно заедно в екип. С мощен залп!
*За кръстник на новата ни фондонабираща кампания избрахме другарката Ваня. Благодарим й за вдъхновението!