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TAX OFFICER INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES

The specialized anticorruption unit of Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment against a civil servant alleging her in abuse of office and extorting bribes, Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on 28th of June. The defendant is a civil...

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19:41, 28.06.2016
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The specialized anticorruption unit of Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment against a civil servant alleging her in abuse of office and extorting bribes, Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on 28th of June.

The defendant is a civil servant in Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA), appointed as a revenue inspector in the NRA territorial directorate in Sofia, department “Tax Audits”.

Under her job description, she had the right to make proposals for undertaking of measures for provisional security of liabilities, as well as for changing or cancelling them.

A company, U.B.B., represented and managed by the two witnesses on the case, was issued an order for tax audit on 18th of December 2015. The scope of the tax audit was supposed to be on the liabilities of the company under the law on VAT covering the period from 29th of May 2013 to 31st of October 2015 and under the law on corporate income tax for the period 19th of October 2011 to 31st of December 2014. The defendant was a member of the auditing team.

At the end of January 2016, the defendant had a telephone conversation with one of the witnesses (manager of the company) in relation to the audit and later the communication went on by phone and via e-mail. The defendant and one of the witnesses had several meetings, at which the witness presented accounting documents.

On 18th of February, the defendant called the witness from her personal mobile phone and requested a meeting with her and the other witness. Later the defendant visited the office of the audited company. During the meeting the defendant told the witnesses she would sanction the company because it exceeded the threshold for registration under the law on VAT by 1,000 BGN, which is a reason for freezing of the company’s bank accounts. The defendant asked for a bribe of 2,000 BGN to issue a sanction for 20,000 BGN, but not to freeze the accounts. She then told one of the witnesses that in addition to the 2,000 BGN, he had to judge how much more he can give. The defendant said this was the least unfavourable sanction for the company she could cause.

The witnesses reported the bribe-seeking incident to the Prosecutor’s Office. The anticorruption unit launched an investigation. The defendant was detained immediately after taking the bribe as the banknotes were marked in advance by the investigative authorities. The money were seized.

18 witnesses were interviewed in the course of the investigation. Special surveillance devices were used and expertises were prepared.

The defendant was imposed to pay a guarantee of 4,000 BGN. She was prohibited from leaving the country.

The case is subject to court hearing, which will be scheduled by Sofia City Court.

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