{"id":26341,"date":"2023-01-20T10:16:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T09:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/public-data-question-prosecutors-allegations-about-nexo\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T23:31:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T22:31:02","slug":"nexo-prosecution-factcheck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/","title":{"rendered":"Public data question prosecutor’s allegations about Nexo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The data on Russian money laundering and terrorist financing through Nexo (Nexo) published by the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office do not find confirmation in the publicly known sanctions lists, a check of the BRRD found. These lists contain the addresses of specific accounts in various cryptocurrencies to which and from which it is forbidden to make transfers. It is easily established that none of them have translations from or to Nexo after the announcement of the sanctions.<\/p>\n

Russian sanctions<\/h2>\n

First of all, the prosecutor’s office reported illegal activity related to the Russian cryptocurrency exchange GARANTEX EUROPE OU, which was sanctioned on April 5, 2022, NEXO received 23 transactions immediately after the sanctions were imposed<\/strong>, according to the Bulgarian indictment.<\/p>\n

Sanctions against GARANTEX EUROPE OU are visible on the US Treasury website:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/policy-issues\/financial-sanctions\/recent-actions\/20220405<\/a><\/p>\n

Three wallets in different cryptocurrencies have been sanctioned:<\/p>\n

XBT \/Bitcoin\/: 3Lpoy53K625zVeE47ZasiG5jGkAxJ27kh1
\nETH \/Ethereum\/: 0x7FF9cFad3877F21d41Da833E2F775dB0569eE3D9
\nUSDT \/Tether\/: 3E6ZCKRrsdPc35chA9Eftp1h3DLW18NFNV<\/p>\n

It can be seen that after the date of Garantex’s inclusion in the sanctions list, 5 April 2022, there are no transactions from and to the three portfolios specified by OFAC. Not just from Nexo, but not at all.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0x7ff9cfad3877f21d41da833e2f775db0569ee3d9<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/explorer.btc.com\/btc\/address\/3Lpoy53K625zVeE47ZasiG5jGkAxJ27kh1<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/explorer.btc.com\/btc\/search\/3E6ZCKRrsdPc35chA9Eftp1h3DLW18NFNV<\/a><\/p>\n

An exception is one outbound transaction from the sanctioned Ethereum address 0x7FF9cFad3877F21d41Da833E2F775dB0569eE3D9. She is from May 28, 2022 to an address 0x71191c6199d5d5178822c5cc19fab83634929a5b<\/a> that contacts the Finiko group, not Nexo. This transaction is worth about $45.<\/p>\n

Hamas Terrorist<\/h2>\n

At the press conference following the Nexo raids, prosecutors said in a stirred that transactions were also detected by a person from the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, Mahmoud Mohammed Mahmoud Ayesh. The signal came from the Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the Israeli authorities sanctioned addresses of the Hamas-linked person on June 30, 2021, as evidenced by the news and the<\/a>
\nThe official announcement<\/a> on the website of the Israeli National Bureau for Combating the Financing of Terrorism.<\/p>\n

Nine Ayesh-related cryptocurrency addresses are listed and made public on July 1, 2021, five of which are those of cryptocurrencies maintained by Nexo: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Litecoin, and Tether. For these five addresses, no transactions are visible after the date of their announcement by Israeli law enforcement authorities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
164fawNZVwsR5SamAJypvCMtkMx4Xv1B3f<\/a><\/td>\nBTC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0xddd42d46a17b9a5b0c53c5ef2b79a6acb1b50333<\/a><\/td>\nETH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1481074704939202117L<\/td>\nLSK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D7pCdGvzKPEtnuYnFVWtW4pTGTjD9v2Tuo<\/a><\/td>\nDGB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DF6guxhXjjBPKMxFcy9LZQsMh8GnRRhbi2<\/td>\nDOGE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LQsYaykwDfsKXKkVnQUNhyoVQuhiDEQrZT<\/a><\/td>\nLTC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TVbaPNrc2UbGrGBKwjRjjn6UENoTBnkB2d<\/td>\nTRX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SGP2HJQBCDEX4B4PH7TVIWJZ4YZZX5C5B3TQ24QA3USY7O5X2KO5V2FPXM<\/td>\nALGO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13ztYvFxVpioqRvr8YUz7UmJm36ERJhMBG<\/a><\/td>\nUSDT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The exception is Dogecoin the address where 15 dogs were received<\/a> after the announcement of the sanctions. That’s less than $1.<\/p>\n

It is unclear whether these 15 dogecoin came from a portfolio owned by Nexo, but to talk about financing terrorism with such an amount is greatly exaggerated.<\/p>\n

Before these addresses were publicly announced on sanctions lists by the US and Israel, it was not known whose they were and that they were related to illegal activity. Therefore, even if there were transactions from and to them from Nexo addresses, the prosecution’s allegations that there were violations of sanctions with intent, or negligence, would easily be rebutted in court.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the BRRD sent a request to the press office of the Prosecutor’s Office which exactly sanctioned cryptoaddresses are mentioned in the allegations of terrorist financing and Russian money laundering. No response was received by the editorial close of the article. But there is no way Nexo can be held responsible for translations to unannounced addresses if they exist and the prosecutor’s office knows they are connected to the Russians or Hamas.<\/p>\n

Market manipulation?<\/h2>\n

If Nexo was engaged in illegal activity, it is more related to crypto market manipulation. This is clear from a leaked email of the former partner in the company Georgi Shulev. The reliability of this document, published on Afera.bg<\/a> website, was confirmed by the BRRD.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Part of Georgi Shulev’s letter in which he explains Nexo’s relationship with Zeus Capital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the text sent by Shulev to part of the Nexo team, there are claims that the company is behind Zeus Capital’s website, which published a denigrating analysis of the Chainlink project. According to Shulev, his partners Kosta, Antoni and Kalin have thus carried out market manipulation and misuse of client assets. However, the prosecution was not talkative on this topic, which has long excited<\/a> the crypto community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warning! This is an automatic translation from Bulgarian. The translation has not been checked by the editor desk and may be inaccurate or ambiguous. The publisher endorses only the Bulgarian version of the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[10972,67],"tags":[6381,6383,246,6389,6380,6387,6385],"coauthors":[201],"class_list":["post-26341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2023-with-bird","category-investigations-en","tag-blockchain","tag-crypto","tag--en","tag-hamas","tag-nexo-en","tag-russian-sanctions","tag-zeus-capital-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPublic data question prosecutor\u2019s allegations about Nexo | BIRD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Public data question prosecutor's allegations about Nexo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Warning! This is an automatic translation from Bulgarian. The translation has not been checked by the editor desk and may be inaccurate or ambiguous. The publisher endorses only the Bulgarian version of the article.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BIRD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/birdreporting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-20T09:16:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-28T22:31:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Atanas Tchobanov\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@birdbg2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@birdbg2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Atanas Tchobanov\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Atanas Tchobanov\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#\/schema\/person\/31122635b0fc9109a3973a9d3b94a6fa\"},\"headline\":\"Public data question prosecutor’s allegations about Nexo\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-20T09:16:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-28T22:31:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/\"},\"wordCount\":816,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Blockchain\",\"Crypto\",\"\u041f\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\",\"Hamas\",\"Nexo\",\"Russian sanctions\",\"Zeus Capital\"],\"articleSection\":[\"2023 with BIRD\",\"Investigations\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/\",\"name\":\"Public data question prosecutor's allegations about Nexo - BIRD\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-20T09:16:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-28T22:31:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u041d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u043e\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Public data question prosecutor’s allegations about Nexo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/\",\"name\":\"BIRD\",\"description\":\"BIRD - Investigations and Data Journalism Project\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BIRD.BG Investigative Reporting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/bird_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/bird_logo.png\",\"width\":626,\"height\":324,\"caption\":\"BIRD.BG Investigative Reporting\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/birdreporting\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/birdbg2\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#\/schema\/person\/31122635b0fc9109a3973a9d3b94a6fa\",\"name\":\"Atanas Tchobanov\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcd6a84d0353144c21f685d8d474ed2716161db307b0be1da2c9108904d84270?s=96&d=mm&r=gd5e987d26134cd742351d62a4a9469b6\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcd6a84d0353144c21f685d8d474ed2716161db307b0be1da2c9108904d84270?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcd6a84d0353144c21f685d8d474ed2716161db307b0be1da2c9108904d84270?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Atanas Tchobanov\"},\"description\":\"\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0435\u043d 26 \u044e\u043d\u0438 1968. \u0420\u0430\u0437\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0430\u0449 \u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442. \u0413\u043b. \u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a 2010-2020. \u0427\u043b\u0435\u043d \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0430 OCCRP 2016-2018. \u0427\u043b\u0435\u043d \u043d\u0430 ICIJ \u043e\u0442 2020. Atanas Tchobanov is born on 26 June 1968. Investigative journalist. Editor in chief of Bivol.bg 2010-2020. Member of the Board of OCCRP 2016-2018. Member of ICIJ from 2020.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/birdbg.wpcomstaging.com\/atanas.tchobanov\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/author\/atanas\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Public data question prosecutor\u2019s allegations about Nexo | BIRD","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Public data question prosecutor's allegations about Nexo","og_description":"Warning! This is an automatic translation from Bulgarian. The translation has not been checked by the editor desk and may be inaccurate or ambiguous. The publisher endorses only the Bulgarian version of the article.","og_url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/","og_site_name":"BIRD","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/birdreporting","article_published_time":"2023-01-20T09:16:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-28T22:31:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Atanas Tchobanov","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@birdbg2","twitter_site":"@birdbg2","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Atanas Tchobanov","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/"},"author":{"name":"Atanas Tchobanov","@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#\/schema\/person\/31122635b0fc9109a3973a9d3b94a6fa"},"headline":"Public data question prosecutor’s allegations about Nexo","datePublished":"2023-01-20T09:16:58+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-28T22:31:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/"},"wordCount":816,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","keywords":["Blockchain","Crypto","\u041f\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430","Hamas","Nexo","Russian sanctions","Zeus Capital"],"articleSection":["2023 with BIRD","Investigations"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/","url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/","name":"Public data question prosecutor's allegations about Nexo - BIRD","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","datePublished":"2023-01-20T09:16:58+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-28T22:31:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/nexo-prosecution-factcheck\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u041d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u043e","item":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Public data question prosecutor’s allegations about Nexo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/","name":"BIRD","description":"BIRD - Investigations and Data Journalism Project","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#organization","name":"BIRD.BG Investigative Reporting","url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/bird_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/bird_logo.png","width":626,"height":324,"caption":"BIRD.BG Investigative Reporting"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/birdreporting","https:\/\/x.com\/birdbg2"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/#\/schema\/person\/31122635b0fc9109a3973a9d3b94a6fa","name":"Atanas Tchobanov","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcd6a84d0353144c21f685d8d474ed2716161db307b0be1da2c9108904d84270?s=96&d=mm&r=gd5e987d26134cd742351d62a4a9469b6","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcd6a84d0353144c21f685d8d474ed2716161db307b0be1da2c9108904d84270?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcd6a84d0353144c21f685d8d474ed2716161db307b0be1da2c9108904d84270?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Atanas Tchobanov"},"description":"\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0435\u043d 26 \u044e\u043d\u0438 1968. \u0420\u0430\u0437\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0430\u0449 \u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442. \u0413\u043b. \u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a 2010-2020. \u0427\u043b\u0435\u043d \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0430 OCCRP 2016-2018. \u0427\u043b\u0435\u043d \u043d\u0430 ICIJ \u043e\u0442 2020. Atanas Tchobanov is born on 26 June 1968. Investigative journalist. Editor in chief of Bivol.bg 2010-2020. Member of the Board of OCCRP 2016-2018. Member of ICIJ from 2020.","sameAs":["https:\/\/birdbg.wpcomstaging.com\/atanas.tchobanov"],"url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/author\/atanas\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/geshev-crypto.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26490,"url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/story-killers-nexo\/","url_meta":{"origin":26341,"position":0},"title":"Mercenaries for misinformation prefer Nexo","author":"Atanas Tchobanov","date":"17 February 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Warning! This is an automatic translation from Bulgarian. The translation has not been checked by the editor desk and may be inaccurate or ambiguous. The publisher endorses only the Bulgarian version of the article.","rel":"","context":"In "2023 with BIRD"","block_context":{"text":"2023 with BIRD","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/category\/2023-with-bird\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nexo-horhe.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nexo-horhe.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nexo-horhe.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nexo-horhe.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nexo-horhe.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29212,"url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/volfovich-zimenkov-sanctions\/","url_meta":{"origin":26341,"position":1},"title":"New US sanctions missed Bulgarian company of sanctioned person helping Russia","author":"Atanas Tchobanov","date":"1 February 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Warning! This is an automatic translation from Bulgarian. The translation has not been checked by the editor desk and may be inaccurate or ambiguous. The publisher endorses only the Bulgarian version of the article.","rel":"","context":"In "2023 with BIRD"","block_context":{"text":"2023 with BIRD","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/category\/2023-with-bird\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-sanctions.jpg?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-sanctions.jpg?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-sanctions.jpg?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-sanctions.jpg?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29098,"url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/corruption-sanctions-and-russia-geshevs-three-sins-that-lead-him-to-magnitsky\/","url_meta":{"origin":26341,"position":2},"title":"Corruption, sanctions and Russia – Geshev’s three sins that lead him to Magnitsky","author":"Atanas Tchobanov","date":"25 December 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Warning! This is an automatic translation from Bulgarian. The translation has not been checked by the editor desk and may be inaccurate or ambiguous. The publisher endorses only the Bulgarian version of the article.","rel":"","context":"In "Comments"","block_context":{"text":"Comments","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/category\/comments-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/peevski-geshev-borisov.jpg?fit=630%2C380&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/peevski-geshev-borisov.jpg?fit=630%2C380&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/peevski-geshev-borisov.jpg?fit=630%2C380&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49272,"url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/sanctions-russians-vertigo-peevski\/","url_meta":{"origin":26341,"position":3},"title":"An attempt to change the owner of “Vertigo” while Peevski and the media are dealing with “The Elephant in the Room”","author":"Bureau for Investigative Reporting and Data","date":"30 November 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"MP Delyan Peevski, who has been sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act for significant corruption , has launched a media and institutional campaign in recent days to position himself as a zealous supporter of Euro-Atlantic values. After a broadcast on Sunday on bTV, Peevski approached the Prosecutor's Office and the State\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "2023 with BIRD"","block_context":{"text":"2023 with BIRD","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/category\/2023-with-bird\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vertigo-peevski.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vertigo-peevski.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vertigo-peevski.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/vertigo-peevski.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28723,"url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/four-sanctioned-russians-with-real-estate-investments-in-bulgaria\/","url_meta":{"origin":26341,"position":4},"title":"Four sanctioned Russians with real estate investments in Bulgaria","author":"Bureau for Investigative Reporting and Data","date":"7 April 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Warning! This is an automatic translation from Bulgarian. The translation has not been checked by the editor desk and may be inaccurate or ambiguous. The publisher endorses only the Bulgarian version of the article.","rel":"","context":"In "Investigations"","block_context":{"text":"Investigations","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/category\/investigations-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sanctioned-russians-bulgaria.jpg?fit=1200%2C631&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sanctioned-russians-bulgaria.jpg?fit=1200%2C631&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sanctioned-russians-bulgaria.jpg?fit=1200%2C631&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sanctioned-russians-bulgaria.jpg?fit=1200%2C631&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sanctioned-russians-bulgaria.jpg?fit=1200%2C631&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29215,"url":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/us-embargo-chips-via-bg-to-russia\/","url_meta":{"origin":26341,"position":5},"title":"Russian companies and chip trafficking. Who are the Bulgarians accused by the US of violating the embargo?","author":"Bureau for Investigative Reporting and Data","date":"18 February 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Warning! This is an automatic translation from Bulgarian. The translation has not been checked by the editor desk and may be inaccurate or ambiguous. The publisher endorses only the Bulgarian version of the article.","rel":"","context":"In "2023 with BIRD"","block_context":{"text":"2023 with BIRD","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/category\/2023-with-bird\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-rus-sanctions.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-rus-sanctions.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-rus-sanctions.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-rus-sanctions.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peEEzb-6QR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29596,"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26341\/revisions\/29596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26341"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=26341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}