The Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office sent letters through the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Bulgaria to the U.S. Department of Justice, requesting information, based on findings of the competent American authorities, regarding five Bulgarian citizens.
The information was requested in connection with investigations initiated after an own-initiative of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (PORB) on the occasion of information published on 10.02.2023 on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Sofia about sanctions imposed on Bulgarian citizens by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) within the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The actions taken by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria according to its powers are based on the information released by the competent authorities of the USA.
The files are being checked with a view to collecting data on crimes committed by Bulgarian citizens under the Bulgarian Criminal Code. If evidence of such crimes were established, they would fall within the scope of the UN Convention against Corruption.
Information from the competent US authorities would help to clarify the subject of the initiated checks and for a possible future criminal investigation.