The Glavchev cabinet pays BGN 12 million compensation to the private company with the gold puddle

The caretaker government paid BGN 12 million in compensation to the company “P.EF.C.”, kit deals with the disinfection of vehicles entering from Turkey, “Sega” reported.

On April 22, the Official Gazette published a decree to grant a large sum to a private company. It says that the Council of Ministers “approves additional expenses in amount of BGN 12,000,000 for an out-of-court settlement for termination of Contract No. 9 of March 12, 2013 for awarding by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency of carrying out the activity of carrying out the disinfection of the vehicles entering the country from Turkey to a private company and taking over the activity by the state”. “Sega” notes that there is no justification why this amount is granted.

The company “PFC” deals with the disinfection of cars and trucks that come from Turkey. By law, this must be carried out by the Food Agency (FBA) and more specifically by veterinarians. This company was appointed by Boyko Borisov’s first cabinet without competition.

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In a similar way, other activities such as the loading and unloading of the tires with fruits, vegetables, meat, etcwas placed in the hands of businessmen associated with Christophoros Amanatidis, Krasimir Kamenov-Kuro, who was murdered in South Africa, and Razmig Chakaryan.

When Kuro was killed in May 2023, Filip Gunev, former deputy minister of the interior, commented that Krasimir Kamenov was one of the heirs of the VIS structures, who continued to control, through legal companies, part of the parking lots and markets in Sofia. He was a partner with other representatives of VIS for the so-called “Golden goal”. According to Gunev to control the “golden ball” for years is politically guaranteed.

Passenger cars paid for the company’s services BGN 5 each, and trucks and buses – BGN 10 each. The amount includes a state fee for preventive treatment, which is provided for in the BABH tariff, and a 20% commission for “P.F.C.”, which is not regulated anywhere. By the end of 2018, the private company earned BGN 27 million. The information is based on official data published by the company itself.

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In January Yavor Ganchevformer Minister of Agriculture and Food, announced that the contract of the company in question expires March 14, 2023. But on April 22, the “Glavchev” cabinet voted compensation for “P.EF.C.” from BGN 12 million

According to Ivan HristanovDeputy Minister of Agriculture in the “Petkov” cabinet, even when the contract was signed, it contains trap clauseswhich to date have begun to operate.

One of these clauses is that when there are no epidemics in Turkey and disinfection is not done, these periods are excluded from the term of the contract. In fact, it turns out that the contract did not expire in March 2023, as Yavor Gechev announced.

In canceling the contract, the government also activated another trap clause – that in case of early termination the state owes compensation to the company for the investments made, at the same time in double amount.

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For the first time in 2021-2022, attempts were made for the state to regain control of one of the world’s largest land border points.

During inspections carried out by the National Revenue Agency and the Financial Inspection Agency, numerous violations were found, and it was established that that the cash registers of the company, which has been operating since 2013, were not connected to the National Revenue Agency. In June 2021, the National Revenue Agency said that there was a discrepancy of BGN 32 million between the declared and actual cash balances of the company.

At the beginning of 2023 Ivan Demerdzhiev, former interior minister, announced that a full investigation was being launched affair with the “golden goal” at the border, including data on tax violations and fraud.

We remind you that the Anti-Corruption Fund conducted an investigation into the case back in 2019. Also, the government of Nikolay Denkov ransoms from “Europal 2011” private laboratory for BGN 10 million.