The Multigroup’s boss and its millions in CCB

“Are we all slaves to just one fat, ugly, 20-year-old millionaire?

him, him. Are you all slaves of such a freak, don’t you have the courage… How it became
This garbage multibillionaire
20 years old and has bought all people and for 1000 leva salary everyone serves him… We let all the monguises go through the bank
of this shit, Dogan’s
the money to flow, to be calmly managed because of a media comfort and now we realized that these are some bastards who shook us… These are Dog’s newspapers. If you think that
this fez
does not
rule you, rural from Drındar
– This is your nation of 1300 years, the Gypsy nation – write this, but you will not dare. These are Dogan’s money and two sheikhs from Oman. If you don’t know what’s in the bank. The bank owns the newspapers.
Delyan Peevski is the mace
with his mother
in front
. They launder some money.”

The above quote, one-to-one, is from a statement by Vezhdi Rashidov on the sidelines of parliament in 2013, before the closure (and bankruptcy) of CCB. Over the years, many colleagues, analysts and others have explained the behavior of certain people (and even entire organizations) with the saga of bankruptcy and the subsequent plundering of Corpbank. As here we are referring not only to credit, deposit, etc. relations with CCB, but also to the relevant prosecutor’s copy, which hangs like a sword of Damocles over someone’s head. The list is quite long… let’s assume that it starts with Barekov and ends somewhere in the heights of the judiciary – for example under Mrs. Magdalincheva, the wife of the “face” of the SJC Boyan Magdalinchev (say).

Prosecutorial feats in this genre have reached new heights, as Geshev’s special authorities have created an entirely new case law in world legal history – a person who has repaid his loan to Corpbank AD is in

custody

because… He took a loan. Smart, isn’t it?! Interesting then Peevski where (and how much) he should lie.

But back to the Eyebrows, sorry, the Chief Multak. After the closure of Corpbank, he found himself with blocked deposits in the bank, which he had no prospect of returning soon or in full. In support of this, suffice it to say that to date the trustees in bankruptcy of Corpbank AD have managed to recover no more than 20% of the “burned” money – and this before accounting for all costs for lawyers, court costs, etc. In particular, two rashidian deposits, amounting to 950,000 euros and 661,000 leva, respectively, were blocked. There is no bad money, money earned with honest labor, which is called – and not, say, with a fee for hydroengineering consultants (ala Dogan). Not long after, Rashidov concluded two assignments, respectively with Kimpex Energy (for the larger amount) and with Risk Engineering D (for the smaller amount). Thus, like the successful (un)young publisher Blaskov – about which we told you in a separate

investigation

– Rashidov actually saves his millions. At the same time, ” mortal” depositors – incl. and state-owned companies with particularly large deposits – burn irrevocably. And this is because not everyone can conclude such a cession – they need connections in the right places and with the right people.

It is enough to consider that the companies themselves are far from accidental. The man behind Risk Engineering is Bogomil Manchev, a longtime lobbyist for the interests of Russian nuclear energy in Bulgaria. He is also known for being

accused

years ago. Because of the

refusal

to sign the indictment against him, for a while he was “exiled” in Pernik not just anyone, but personally (current) Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev. Of course, like all other prosecutorial-energy cases (reference – Delyan Dobrev, R.Ovch, Belene and so on) this case fell asleep and in the end did not even go to court. Kimpex Energy, on the other hand, has been run for some point by a woman named Dilyar Fuat Mehmed, who seems to be the third (married) daughter of Fuat Guven – the financial bastion of the MRF and longtime banker and finanist

personally

of Ahmed Dogan. For example, in 2020 it became clear that his D Bank will lend TPP Dogan with at least BGN 22 million.

What is special about these assignments is that the risk of subsequent lawsuits brought by the trustees is borne mainly by the companies that made the set-offs after the assignments. According to BIRD, Rashidov quickly received payment for the assignments made. Which is not always the case (not to say rarely) in other similar transactions. And what is interesting against the backdrop of the fact that in fact the cases subsequently developed in favor of Corpbank, at least somewhat. Cocrete, with a decision on t.d. 1563/2017, composition of the SCC proclaims relative invalidity of the interception, made with Rashidov’s 950 thousand euros, namely, we read the following: “Statement of interception No9454/17.10.2014 with an acquired receivable against the bank through a cession concluded with V.L.R., amounting to EUR 950 000, its claim against the bank under a preferential open-ended deposit against its liquidity obligation under the credit agreement. Kimpex can appeal the decision, but he doesn’t (interesting why), which is why it comes into force soon after. In other words, the company must return this amount to Corpbank’s bankruptcy estate . Whether she did, the devil knows, but in the meantime Vezhdi has already taken his money. However, the court’s decision was not delivered until 20.01.2020.

The other case, 1501/2017 of the Sofia City Court, has a more interesting fate. In addition to being for the smaller amount of BGN 661,000, it is spent (in Georgi Cholakovsky) in the instances to this day. Lastly, with a

decision

of the SAS of 19.07.2022, the trustees in bankruptcy of Corpbank AD lost the case. A cassation complaint has already been filed, however, so soon there will be no finale here – at least not before the end of 2023. But this again does not matter – according to our information, and under this deal Risk Engineering has paid Rashidov, without waiting for the stretched end of the court saga.

But why is all this important, someone might ask. Well, because, dear readers, this largely explains the catharsis that Rashidov experienced. Catharsis, which turned him into an apologist for Peevski, a (priceless) Gerber cadre and a symbol of the warm connection and unbreakable Bulgarian-Soviet friendship between GERB and DPS. The oldest and most deserving MP, as he was recently defined in parliament. In 2018, Rashidov said the following on BTV: “Delyan Peevski no one has condemned him for anything and it is ugly to use him as a third-person mace and as a scarecrow. And he has a family, loved ones. If there is anything, there are organs for this work, but to wave it publicly is unclean.” Moreover, Rashidov made an analogy with the owner of “Multigroup” Iliya Pavlov, whom he loved as a person, and whose image was also demonized. Of course, he failed to mention the photos in which Iliya Pavlov and Peevski are walking by the sea and discussing something – photos

that have become very relevant again these days. But it’s not just that, it’s also something else. There is no way in Bulgaria Peevski’s face to be convicted of anything, while his left-wing father’s name is Ivan Geshev and his right is named Sotir Tsatsarov. And while the prosecution as a whole is privately owned and a personal law firm of the person Peevski. And as long as that’s been the case for 20 years, we’re going to have to be told the obvious outside. Reference – the global Magnitsky Act, reports of

smuggling

together with the Islamic State, the ongoing RICO case and other known and unknown benefits.

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От създаването си BIRD се финансираше от подаяния в нашето журналистическо чекмедже.
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