THELOGICALINDIAN - A scattering of Bulgarian admiral were bankrupt accepting Bitcoin bribes for illegally issued passports
Busted!
A leash of Bulgarian admiral was afresh arrested for accepting bribes in Bitcoin (BTC) [coin_price] in barter for arising passports to adopted applicants. As appear by bounded account outlet, Nova, cloister abstracts announce that Petar Haralampiev, the Head of Bulgarian accompaniment bureau for Bulgarians’ affairs abroad, General Secretary Krasimir Tomov, and Mark Stoyov are appear to accept affected 40 affected abstracts in barter for about amid 5 and 15 bribes per anniversary back “at least” July of 2017.
Apparently, the admiral requested €5,000 in Bitcoin from citizens of Ukraine, Moldova, and Macedonia and abortion to pay would aftereffect in diffuse delays to the arising of essential, time-sensitive documents.
Where’s the Proof?
Attorneys apery the admiral affirmation that there is not acceptable affirmation abutting them to the illegally issued abstracts but the case responded by adage “Authorities accept confiscated Bitcoin wallets, which prove that some of the allurement money has been adapted to cryptocurrency.”
A red banderole was aloft back a Ukrainian alone who has called to abide anonymous, had a appeal for abstracts denied, yet was bound able to accept a Bulgarian character afterwards advantageous a bitcoin bribe. Furthermore, a man confined as the agent administrator in the National Agency accepted that he was able-bodied acquainted of the operation for months.
Making, affairs and arising fake passports accept been a advantageous business back Bulgaria abutting the European Union (EU) in 2007 and the Bulgarian government afresh bedfast 20 bodies for affairs the country’s authorization to citizens of added Eastern European countries.
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