2024-09-06 13:37:37
The luxury Maybach car, which was declared wanted in the case against Rumen Gaitanski – Valka, has been seized by the Ministry of the Interior and is being stored in a criminal parking lot in Burgas, a “24 Chasa” reporter saw.
The expensive car was seized from a property in Rosenets Park near the city, better known as Dogan’s barns, sources revealed. After the car was searched and seized, today it is under lock and key in an underground garage in Burgas, which the local police use for confiscated cars of offenders.
The police also seized a yacht, which is currently located on the territory of the Border Police in Sozopol. The boat is on wheels and was seized in this condition again from the property in Rosenets. For a long time, the boat in question stood on land right in front of the main palace in the complex in Rosenets, used until recently by the honorary chairman of the DPS Ahmed Dogan.
Rumen Gaitanski is accused of being the instigator of the investigation into the BGN 148.5 million loan granted by the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB).
The anti-corruption commission discovered that with BGN 30 million of the loan, a loan in another bank of TPP “Varna”, which at that time was owned by Ahmed Dogan, was repaid.
The magistrates left Gaitanski in custody despite the defense’s claim that he had not gone to the state BBR, nor had he met with the then executive director Stoyan Mavrodiev, who is also accused and wanted for the loan of 148.5 million BGN.
The investigation begins at the end of October 2022 on the occasion of a signal about the loan granted in 2019 by the BBR. An official crime investigation was launched and conducted. The investigation was assigned to the Main Directorate “Fighting Organized Crime” (GDBOP), and then to an investigator from the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office. By decree of May 5, 2023, the proceedings were terminated, as the supervising prosecutor accepted that there was no evidence of an official crime.
The Appellate Prosecutor’s Office confirms the termination, but the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office found gaps in the investigation, as some of the connections between the companies, which are somehow related to the loan, were not investigated. Therefore, as of January 12, 2024, the case was returned to the prosecutor’s office for further investigation, immediately after which instructions were given for the examination of witnesses and documentation was requested. Subsequently, following legislative changes, the pre-trial proceedings were assigned to the Anti-Corruption Commission. During the searches, documents and other evidence were seized.