{"id":29194,"date":"2023-01-27T10:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?p=29194"},"modified":"2024-12-28T23:31:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T22:31:41","slug":"cacarov-cholakov-dimitrov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/cacarov-cholakov-dimitrov\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simulatives: The Fellowship of Tsatsarov, Cholakov and the Convicted Judge Vesko “Lutenitsata”"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Gordian knot of our justice system, many corruption plots and “dirty little secrets” are intertwined. And sometimes bigger and dirtier. In the last 10 years, three fellow students have proved to be the most influential people in the SJC and in the system of justice in general. One of them is the former Prosecutor General and current “gray cardinal” of the state prosecution. <\/span>Sotir Tsatsarov<\/b>. The second is the current President of the Supreme Administrative Court. <\/span>Georgi Cholakov<\/b>. The third person, for whom the judicial system, and especially YOU, acts as a magic lamp, fulfilling all sorts of desires, is the condemned person. <\/span>Veselin Petkov Dimitrov<\/b>, better known in circles as Vesko “Lutenitsata”. Currently, he is a lawyer, but before the verdict he was an administrative judge, and before that he administered justice in commercial cases at the Plovdiv District Court under the leadership of Tsatsarov. <\/span><\/p>\n

The records in the Property Register reveal that the three fellow students have a flair for property transactions professed at unrealistically low prices. Transactions between them, as well as with third parties. The orchard<\/a> of Tsatsarovi became proverbial, bought at a price 120 times lower than the real one. Already as Prosecutor General, Tsatsarov acquired a villa in a Rhodope resort<\/a> for half price. Meglena Tsatsarova’s notary office on the navel of Plovdiv was also bought at half price in 2003. The sellers were the parents of Vesko “Lutenitsata”, who was then a judge in Plovdiv, and Tsatsarov was his boss. Cholakov became famous with a house with a swimming pool<\/a> in a spa resort for only BGN 10,000. This type of dubious deals, smelling of corruption and undeclared income, received a scientific name not from anyone, but from Tsatsarov himself, who called them “simulative” on national television. In the following lines you will learn how the fellowship of the “Simulatives” has mastered our justice at the highest level, and from the simulation of justice, which is observed in the cases of Vesko “Lutenitsata”, he derives multimillion-dollar dividends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Convicted magistrate – successful businessman and lawyer<\/span><\/h2>\n

About the affairs of <\/span>Veselin Petkov Dimitrov<\/b> At least a trilogy can be written, and some of them must fall into the corruption almanac of Bulgaria when it is compiled. In the last 22-23 years, either as a judge, as a lawyer or as a director, he does not miss an opportunity to get involved in criminal schemes and scandals. After leaving the judiciary, probably due to a conviction at first instance, Dimitrov tried to master the software for random allocation of cases LawChoice in the Bulgarian judiciary. This is done through his company.”<\/span>Stone Computers<\/span><\/a>“. The mighty lawyer stood out and in “<\/span>
\n The War of the Lutenitsas<\/span>
\n<\/a>” which reveals a classic scheme of raiding. The company associated with Dimitrov “Bulcons Parvomay” practically tried to bankrupt its competitor “Konservinvest” through a negligible <\/span>geographical designation of origin. <\/span> With a series of court rulings contrary to European law, different panels in the Supreme Administrative Court and the SAC attempted to serve Dimitrov’s economic interests in the trade dispute. A penalty was almost triggered. <\/span>procedure<\/span><\/a> against Bulgaria. In 2018 <\/span>Against our country was <\/span>Case No 2017\/4062 on the inventory of the European Commission. Apparently, however, this has not disturbed magistrates in the Supreme Administrative Court, because even today the subjects of commercial law related to Vesko “Lutenitsata” are subscribed to decisions in their favor. Companies win every known case after an appealed public procurement procedure, for example. One of the companies of “Lutenitsata” even managed to sue the NCSD for about <\/span>2 million BGN<\/b>. under the Law on the Liability of the State and Municipalities for Damages. Such successes are remarkable for a convicted former magistrate. <\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/span>
\n Court Reports<\/span>
\n<\/a>” and “Catch-22” thoroughly explore Veselin Dimitrov’s career as a magistrate. In August 1999, when he was already a businessman administrator with extensive experience and a very bad reputation, he became a junior judge at the Targovishte District Court. At that time, the personnel in the judiciary was on the old cooperative farm principle “Give this hero a tractor.” Either you go down the hard road from an assistant judge, assistant investigator, etc., or some chairman of a district court offers you to the SJC for appointment. And Veselin Dimitrov did not “apprentice”. In the year in which Veselin Dimitrov was appointed as a junior judge at the Targovishte District Court, namely in 1999, there was a change of chairman. At the beginning of the year, the Chairman of the General Assembly of Targovishte is <\/span>Dimitar Tonchev Petrov<\/span><\/a>At the time, he was also part of the SJC. It was issued from the parliamentary quota. Later in March 1999 Tonchev became <\/span>Deputy. minister<\/span><\/a> of justice. In July 2014, he was appointed <\/span>Secretary<\/span><\/a> of the SJC. In 2018, <\/span>Retired<\/span><\/a> And he fits in as a lawyer. He denied offering Veselin Dimitrov as a junior judge. Thus, the only possibility remains that the scandalous lawyer was proposed by his successor, <\/span>Late<\/span><\/a> former Chairman of the General Assembly Targovishte \u2013 Tihomir Penkov Petkov. In view of his death, we have no way of knowing what motivated his proposal for the appointment to the judiciary of a person under investigation. Because Dimitrov before becoming a magistrate he was a director of a state-owned enterprise – Ilientsi Shopping Center. The Prosecutor’s Office investigated him because of the reasonable suspicion of the draining of the company, but hop, Dimitrov became a judge and acquired immunity.<\/span> And as it will soon become clear, a fast track for career development. P<\/span>A year after his appointment in Targovishte, Veselin Dimitrov was appointed regional judge in Plovdiv, and on January 18, 2001 he took office as a judge at the Plovdiv District Court. Probably related to his dizzying career is the fact that Dimitrov and Sotir Tsatsarov, who was chairman of the Plovdiv District Court from 1999 to 2012, are fellow students. At that time, Tsatsarov was the most influential person among the presidents of district courts. People say he and his judge. <\/span>
\n Vanuhi Arakelyan<\/span>
\n<\/a> from the General Assembly of Varna actively organized and held meetings between the administrative heads of the district courts, during which the positions on the proposals and actions of the SJC were coordinated.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1999, Tsatsarov probably would have had no problem in the system wherever he wanted. It is difficult for a chairman to refuse him to propose to the SJC a candidate he has chosen. Separately, urban legends in Asenovgrad say that he personally “managed” to be “deleted” from the court registry the application for divorce of a prominent politician from the UDF. This rumor explains his good positions before the rulers at that time. So he could also count on significant support from the parliamentary quota in the SJC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suppressed conflict of interest in court under the hills<\/span><\/h2>\n

For a long time, Veselin Dimitrov was the only commercial judge to hear insolvency cases at the Plovdiv District Court, according to several media publications. And this fact is rooted in the connection of the “war of lutenitsas”, which is paid attention to below in the text. But by the time Dimitrov administers justice in Plovdiv, we encounter an extremely disturbing, simulated circumstance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Former spouses Meglena and Sotir Tsatsarov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On 20 March 2003 <\/span>notary Meglena Ilieva Angelova – Tsatsarova<\/b>, now the ex-wife of the former Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov, but by 2003 his companion in life, having a community of property with him, acquired a property on Tsarigradsko shose Blvd. “Sixth of September” in Plovdiv. The sellers of the apartment are Elenka Encheva Petkova and Petko Dimitrov Petkov. They are the parents of <\/span>Veselin Dimitrov<\/b>. In practice, the judge’s parents sell a home to the wife of his administrative manager and to his administrative head himself. This is undoubtedly a serious conflict of interest. But in fact, the situation is even more scandalous. <\/span><\/p>\n

The parents of judge <\/span>Veselin Dimitrov<\/b> sold the property to Tsatsarova in 2003 for only <\/span>BGN 34,359.70.<\/b> Five years earlier, his valuation at the report in Dimitrov’s company was <\/span>BGN 72,000.<\/b> The property has strangely depreciated. The price from <\/span>190 euro per sq.m.<\/b> is far from the real prices of Plovdiv’s navel, which according to the statistics of specialized real estate sites at that time were 4-500 euros per sq.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tsatsarova bought the property from the parents of judge Veselin Dimitrov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before the parents of judge <\/span>Veselin Dimitrov<\/b> acquired the apartment it was owned by the company<\/span> “Consulting”<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>“. In it <\/span>
\n Veselin Dimitrov<\/span>
\n<\/a> partners with <\/span>
\n Kosta Alexiev Kostov<\/span>
\n<\/a>. The two are also partners in several other companies. From the company contract of “Consulting” we learn that the property was contributed to the assets of the company in 1998 by the partner Veselin Dimitrov. He acquired it in 1997. His property report shows that he has only one deal in Plovdiv in 1997. The property is located directly opposite the courthouse in Plovdiv – very suitable for a law or notary office. The company contract states that, according to a 1998 estimate, the dwelling is worth BGN 72 000 000 undenominated or <\/span>72 000 EUR<\/b><\/p>\n

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We can only guess whether Sotir Tsatsarov received the property as a “consideration” through the mother of judge Dimitrov, of whom he was at that time the administrative head. From today’s point of view, it definitely seems that Dimitrov has something to be grateful to Tsatsarov for.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even after the departure of Veselin Dimitrov from the judiciary, there is a lot of evidence that he remains extremely close to his former boss. A curious fact is that until the deletion of the company on January 17, 2014, the headquarters of “Consulting” Ltd. remained in the notary office of Meglena Tsatsarova \u2013 on Tsarigradsko shose Blvd. Sixth September 154, fl. 1, App. 15 in Plovdiv. The documents show that while Tsatsarova made notary certifications, Kosta Kostov developed commercial activities near her as a manager of “Consulting”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Magistrate’s Wharf for Veselin Dimitrov<\/span><\/h2>\n

In November 2006, after the establishment of the administrative courts, Veselin Dimitrov was appointed by the SJC to the Administrative Court of Sofia District. The decision to appoint Veselin Dimitrov is unprecedented even in view of the vicious personnel policy of the Bulgarian SJC. At the time of his appointment, Dimitrov was removed from office, and the media <\/span>data<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> that a few months earlier he was charged with the Sofia City Court for draining the Iliyantsi Shopping Center, <\/span>according to<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Court Reports. <\/span> <\/p>\n

Back in May 2006, the newspaper Sega was skeptical about the quality of the indictment. The publication points out that <\/span>The investigation was launched in 1998 and has been repeatedly suspended and terminated. It was restored in 2004. The indictment is working. <\/span>the two investigators, says “Catch-22”, Rumen Vassilev and <\/span>
\n Nikolay Deshev<\/span>
\n<\/a>. To date, they are retired. The supervising prosecutor from the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office is Albena Kostova. <\/span>The indictment was completed just a day before Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev left for Brussels for final meetings before the crucial report on our EU membership.<\/span><\/p>\n

The investigation against Judge Dimitrov falls within the report of the Prosecutor’s Office, in the column of cases on the signals of corruption of magistrates, for the period 1999 – 2005. <\/span>is about the illegal privatization of the Iliyantsi Shopping Center. According to the accuser <\/span>act<\/span><\/a> For the period 1994 – 1997, Veselin Dimitrov and his accomplices \u2013 Petar Doldurov and Stefan Fachev, have drained a total of EUR 36.7 million from Shopping Center \u2013 Iliyantsi. undenominated leva and $517,713. They have been charged with embezzlement of particularly large amounts, representing a particularly serious case. But as we said, these accusations do not prevent the SJC from recruiting Veselin Dimitrov in ACSO. And the charges remain unproven before entering the trial phase the case was returned for further investigation and subsequently terminated by an act of Judge Vladimira Yaneva.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sentence<\/span><\/h2>\n

Despite the failure of the Iliyantsi case, <\/span>Veselin Dimitrov<\/b> was still <\/span>convicted<\/b> with an enforceable <\/span>
\n sentence<\/span>
\n<\/a>. It was because of a conviction in this case that Dimitrov left the judiciary at first instance in 2008. The indictment was filed against Veselin Dimitrov, his permanent partner, and according to rumors and not only a partner, Stefan Fachev and another, third defendant. The forums are still commenting on the aspects of the relations between Fachev and Dimitrov.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the facts set out in the verdicts it becomes clear that Fachev gave a loan to a citizen, and he, in turn, transferred as collateral his home, but to Veselin Dimitrov with an option for redemption. According to the loan agreement, in case of delay in repayment installments, i.e. when the obligation became due, the dwelling remained for the lender. The victim was delayed in repaying his debt, but Fachev misled him, and Dimitrov maintained the delusion that if he paid his debts, he would return his home. However, this did not happen. According to the indictment, during the period from March 2000 to January 20, 2003, in complicity with the two defendants, in order to obtain for himself and Fachev a property benefit, Dimitrov maintained in the victim a delusion in connection with his contractual relations with Fachev and thus caused him property damage amounting to BGN 27,823.79. equivalent to $14,330.00, with the damage caused being large. After a long trip in the instances and returning for a new hearing, on August 30, 2012, the former judge was found guilty by the Supreme Court of Cassation. In the Sofia Court of Appeal he found guilty the judge Krasimir Shekerzhdiev, and in the Supreme Court of Cassation the chairman of the panel that convicted him was Tsvetinka Pashkunova. The two judges, as members of the SJC, are among the opposition to the status quo, personified by Ivan Geshev, Sotir Tsararov, Georgi Cholakov, and earlier Georgi Kolev. They are among those who vote against the election of Geshev.<\/span><\/p>\n

Warm mineral connection with Georgi Cholakov<\/span><\/h2>\n

Insiders claim that after being employed in the ACSO and before the first conviction of the SCC, for several months the accused magistrate Dimitrov and judge Georgi Cholakov shared a cabinet. “Lutenitsata” entered the administrative court in February 2007, and his former classmate Cholakov, who is deputy. Chairman of the AC Sliven, was seconded a little later to ACSO. This happened with Order No. 1640 of October 9, 2007 of the President of the Supreme Administrative Court Konstantin Penchev. Georgi Cholakov was assigned to replace the holder, who went on maternity leave, for the period from 15 October 2007 to 15 April 2008. Subsequently, his posting continued until 31 December 2008. The latter resigned after being convicted at first instance by the SCC in a fraud case. In practice, Cholakov and Dimitrov had at least 12 months in which they administered justice simultaneously in ACSO and, according to people familiar with the matter, at that time they used one cabinet. A claim that Cholakov himself denies. According to him, they worked in different offices. Today, no matter who worked where, there is objective evidence that justifies the assumption that the two continue to maintain a close relationship. <\/span><\/p>\n

Neighbors in Pchelin<\/span><\/h2>\n

Months ago we told you about <\/span> the guest house<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> with swimming pool of <\/span>Georgi Cholakov<\/b>, in the village of Pchelin, which he acquired under very strange circumstances and at an embarrassingly low cost. In the same area of the resort with mineral baths and a spring with hot mineral water there is another <\/span>guest house<\/b> with the largest mineral pool – <\/span>Villa Pchelin Garden<\/b> is owned by legal entities owned by Vesko “Lutenitsata”. It is located about 3 km from the property of Cholakov.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Villa Pchelin Garden – swimming pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On August 24, 2001, when he was a judge in Plovdiv, <\/span>Veselin Dimitrov<\/b> Buying a plot of land 740 sq.m. with a two-storey villa in Pchelinski Bani. In 2006 he bought a neighboring plot with 2.9 decares of coniferous forest, which today falls within the land of the guest house. In 2007, Dimitrov and his wife Dona Dimitrova transferred the property to their associate.<\/span>
\n Eurofund boutique<\/span>
\n<\/a>“, then owned by the already deleted “<\/span>
\n Eurofund properties<\/span>
\n<\/a>“. In 2013 and 2017, new transfers of related companies followed to reach the last transfer – its contribution on 29.12.2020 to the capital of “<\/span>IBN Asset Management<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>, then owned by Eurofund Boutique, and from 07.01.2021 sole ownership of <\/span>Veselin Dimitrov<\/b>. To date, the company has BGN 2.9 million<\/strong> in capital and is owned by Dimitrov and another of his companies. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Villa Pchelin Garden owned by Veselin Dimitrov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Villa Pchelin Garden is registered in many tourist sites (<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>here, here, <\/a>here<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>, <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> etc.) Present as guest house “Pchelin Garden” in <\/span><\/a>the register<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> <\/span><\/b> Ministry of Tourism. At the same time, it is found <\/span>municipal order<\/span><\/a> to end the categorization. The villa, unlike that of Cholakov, has <\/span>
\n permit<\/span>
\n<\/a> for water abstraction from mineral waters No 31610067\/26.05.2014 valid until 26.05.2024 issued in the name of Eurofund Boutique EOOD.<\/span><\/p>\n