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Public Designation of Five Bulgarian Public Officials Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption
Today, we are announcing the public designation of former Bulgarian public officials Alexander Manolev, Petar Haralampiev, Krasimir Tomov, and Delyan Slavchev Peevski, as well as current Bulgarian public official Ilko Dimitrov Zhelyazkov, due to their involvement in significant corruption. In their official capacities as Deputy Minister of the Economy, Director of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, and Chief Secretary of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, respectively, Manolev, Haralampiev, and Tomov were involved in corrupt acts that undermined the rule of law and the Bulgarian public’s faith in their government’s democratic institutions and public processes, including by using their political influence and official power for personal benefit. In his capacity as a member of parliament, Peevski used Zhelyazkov, an official in the National Bu
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on June 2 that it had sanctioned three Bulgarian individuals for what it called their extensive roles in corruption in Bulgaria, as well as their networks encompassing 64 entities.
It named the three as Vassil Bozhkov, a prominent Bulgarian businessman and oligarch; Delyan Peevski, a former Member of Parliament; and Ilko Zhelyazkov, the former deputy chief of the Bulgarian State Agency for Technical Operations who was appointed to the National Bureau for Control on Special Intelligence-Gathering Devices.
Also covered by the sanctions are companies owned or controlled by the respective individuals, the Treasury Department said.