/ world today news/ Under the leadership of the Specialized Unit “Anti-Corruption” – SGP, an investigation is being conducted into crimes against property related to the embezzlement of “Telenor”.
The investigation was launched at the request of “Telenor Bulgaria” EAD on 27/04/2016. In May 2013, “Telenor” acquired all the shares of the mobile operator “Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile” EAD Globul” from the Greek company “OTE”. In 2014, Globul changed its name to Telenor Bulgaria EAD, reported the SGP.
The report states that the new management of “Telenor Bulgaria” EAD has carried out an internal audit and its own investigation, during which they found 21 companies that issued invoices to “Globul” for alleged fictitious deliveries of goods and services for a total value of 48 million. leva. The alert lists all 21 companies, as well as the persons connected to them, for which suspicious transactions have been identified. In the course of the internal audit carried out by “Telenor Bulgaria” EAD, a report was drawn up and presented to the prosecutor’s office, in which numerous contracts for consulting and marketing services, contracts for the supply of software and licenses for it, contracts for the use of Internet frequencies, are described in detail. concluded before Telenor acquired Globul. The internal audit found that the supplies described in the contracts were not claimed as necessary by the relevant technical departments, were not delivered, installed and maintained and the listed suppliers were not believed to have the capacity to supply the assets.
In the course of the investigation into the case, evidence was collected by the Anticorruption Office that in the period 2011-2012, Grozdan Karadjov, as the owner and manager of a commercial company, concluded three contracts with “Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile” EAD on total value BGN 5,545,660.51.
On 14.03.2011, concluded a contract with the subject: “Granting by the Supplier to the Client of the right to use bandwidth, together with technical support services” for the amount of BGN 2,133,689.26.
On 01.09.2011 concluded and signed a contract with “Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile” EAD with the subject: “Provision by the Supplier to the Client of Software INR body and licenses INR modules” for the amount of BGN 1,421,282.11.
On 02.03.2012, he concluded and signed a contract with the subject: “Provision of bandwidth by the Supplier and the Client” for the amount of BGN 1,990,689.14.
The SZA’s investigation has established that there is no enforcement of these contracts.
By concluding these contracts, Grozdan Karadjov deliberately facilitated the CEO of “Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile” EAD to appropriate the amount of BGN 5,545,660.51, and the appropriated funds were large.
Karadjov has been charged with embezzlement, under the conditions of a continuing crime, in complicity with the CEO of “Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile” EAD, with Karadjov acting as an aide. Grozdan Karadzov has a “Signature” pretrial detention order.
The prosecutors from the “Anticorruption” Anti-corruption Agency have taken action to summon the Greek citizens who managed “Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile” EAD during the incriminated period to bring them as defendants in the same criminal proceedings.
Grozdan Karadjov himself did not give many details when leaving the investigation. “I was called for some business relationship about 6 years ago. I haven’t read it yet, but as they say the prosecutor’s office deals with contracts between companies, between private companies, and you know I deal with business, he pointed out.
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