{"id":49094,"date":"2024-01-25T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?p=49094"},"modified":"2025-03-01T20:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:42:51","slug":"vasilev-akselbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/vasilev-akselbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Assen Vassilev still owns an offshore company, but has not declared this fact"},"content":{"rendered":"

The offshore company Axelbert<\/strong>, registered in the British Virgin Islands, is still owned by Finance Minister Asen Vassilev<\/strong>. This is clear from a reference to the changes in the company’s account in the register of the Finance Commission. The latest change in the ownership of Akselbert Ltd. is the acquisition of the shares by Assen Vassilev, which took place in 2016.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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Reference of the entries in the Axelbert account from the Finance Commission of the British Virgin Islands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Assen Vassilev acquired 100% (50,000 shares) from Akselbert Ltd on 14.10.2016. Source: Trade Register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Assen Vassilev<\/strong> has several times signed declarations<\/a> that he does not own<\/strong> this offshore company. This happened first in 2021 as caretaker Minister of Finance, then as an MP and twice as a regular Minister of Finance. The only declarations here<\/a> and here<\/a> that show that he owns Akselbert Ltd are from 2021.<\/b> <\/p>\n

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Declaration dated 14.06.2021 submitted to the Commission for Combating Corruption and Corruption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Assen Vassilev<\/strong> submitted in 2022 a declaration of his property in the previous year 2021, in which discrepancies<\/strong> were found, it became clear from the register of the Commission for Combating Corruption and Corruption (CAFIAP). Vassilev, Daniel Lorer and Nikolay Sabev are the only ministers from the government of Kiril Petkov who have found inconsistencies in the declarations<\/a>. In addition to the false declarations about Axelbert’s ownership, there is also the false declaration<\/strong> of Asen Vassilev, in which he explicitly stated that he was not a manager of commercial companies. On May 17, 2021, Asen Vassilev<\/strong> submitted a declaration of compatibility, in which he claimed that he did not exercise commercial activity and was not a manager or representative of companies. <\/p>\n

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Declaration of 17.05.2021, submitted to the Presidency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is not true<\/strong> at this point, as the report of the BVI Finance Committee also shows that Vassilev remained director of<\/strong> Axelbert<\/strong> until July 28, 2021, or two and a half months after he took office as a caretaker minister in the government of Stefan Yanev on May 12, 2021. The next director is not known, but the last one is American citizen Sebastian<\/b> Bretschneider, who took office in May 2022, as it became clear from our previous publication. <\/p>\n

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