Bulgarian Authorities Disrupted Crime Group Involved in Property Fraud

Bulgaria’s Specialised Prosecutor's Office and the Chief Directorate for Combatting Organised Crime have disrupted an organised crime group involved in property fraud. The group operated on the territory of Lyulin residential quarter in Sofia.

It hijacked properties of deceased people who had no relatives or family and went on to sell them with false documents. Three of the five participants in the group are in custody.

Chief Commissioner Ivaylo Spiridonov, Director of the Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime said that this criminal activity was carried out by receiving data about people who have no heirs and who died. And through falsification of documents, the properties would go through several transactions and then such homes would be advertised in real estate agencies for sale.