A private law enforcement agent (PLEA) is once again requesting a freeze on the accounts of the Bulgarian First Investment Bank (FIB or Fibank) once the lender lost its case in the Supreme Court of Cassations (SCC). Per the Court’s… Continue Reading…
FIBANK • Investigations • Leading
20 декември 2018
The claim of former alpine ski racer Mark Girardelli that he bought in 2016 the offshore T.A.K Services, which is the majority owner of the concessionaire of the Bulgarian Bansko ski resort Yulen, finds no documentary confirmation, according to a… Continue Reading…
6 януари 2018
Tseko Minev and his wife Radka Mineva have pocketed close do BGN 6 million from properties in the winter resort town of Bansko. They were sold in 2014 and 2017 to heavily-indebted offshore companies, funded by First Investment Bank (FIB… Continue Reading…
23 декември 2017
The Bulgarian “For the Nature” Coalition announced that the European Commission had stressed in a letter to one of its members, the Association of Parks in Bulgaria that Bulgaria, as being part of the EU, must ensure that any plan… Continue Reading…
FIBANK • Investigations • Leading
22 август 2017
The accounts of BULMARKET RAIL CARGO, whose tanks exploded in the Bulgarian village of Hitrino, causing fatalities and material damage, have been completely emptied. The main creditor of the company – First Investment Bank (FIB) – is not responding to… Continue Reading…
FIBANK • Investigations • Leading • WIKILEAKS
29 април 2017
The accounts of the US Embassy in Sofia in FIBANK (also known as First Investment Bank, Fibank or FIB) are closed. The new service bank is DSK. This transpires from the official visa application and information page, which lists fee… Continue Reading…
Comments • Editorials • FIBANK • Leading • Peevski • The "Bad Apples" Banks
8 април 2017
On March 16, 2017, the Franco-German public TV, ARTE, broadcast a documentary “Bulgarians against Corruption”, featuring Assen Yordanov from Bivol. Before the cameras of German journalists, he tells the story of the true owner of the concessionaire “YULEN” that has… Continue Reading…
Comments • Editorials • Leading
8 април 2017
Guards of concessionaire YULEN are harassing a team of German public broadcaster ARD, which filmed a report about Bulgaria’s Pirin National Park. They have forbidden them to shoot on camera the ski area as if it was private property. The… Continue Reading…
Comments • Editorials • FIBANK • Leading • The "Bad Apples" Banks
23 март 2017
The investigations by Bivol into the draining of First Investment Bank (FIB) were fully confirmed by the prosecution. Therefore, it is more than scandalous that it saw no grounds for criminal offenses, unlike in the bankruptcy of Corporate Commercial Bank… Continue Reading…
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Complaint Filed in USA against Bulgarian Lawmaker, 2 Bankers for Theft of USD Millions from Failed Bank
7 февруари 2019
A complaint had been filed on November 27, 2018 with the United States District Court for the City of New York (Southern Division) by the companies Rudersdal, All Seas Property 2, Asset Management and Zahari Tomov – individually and as… Continue Reading…
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